Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress there's ever been.

I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to live a long time from now. The bell's gonna ring pretty soon.

If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.

It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, "I'm going to tell the truth," and then to realize it's that much trouble.

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

I'm going to do less performing because I'm tired. It's hard to convince anybody that you're just going to take it easy.

I don't know what should have happened in my life, but I do know that I'm dancing as fast as I can.