Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

- Bette Davis

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

- Bette Davis

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

- Bette Davis

I work to stay alive.

- Bette Davis

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

- Bette Davis

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.

- Bette Davis

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.

- Bette Davis

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

- Bette Davis

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

- Bette Davis

I am just too much.

- Bette Davis

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

- Bette Davis

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

- Bette Davis

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

- Bette Davis

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

- Bette Davis

I've lost my faith in science.

- Bette Davis

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.

- Bette Davis

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

- Bette Davis

I've always liked men better than women.

- Bette Davis

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

- Bette Davis

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

- Bette Davis