An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know. Bette Davis More Quotes by Bette Davis More Quotes From Bette Davis Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism. Bette Davis realism hollywood reality To look back is to relax one's vigil. Bette Davis relax looks She did it the hard way. Bette Davis gravestone tombstone way There's only one way to work -- like hell. Bette Davis one-way hell way I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative. Bette Davis order negative thinking You can lose everything Bette Davis loses talent I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries. Bette Davis groceries back-to-work pay Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. Bette Davis funny-marriage respect ends As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it's even worse because there's deep resentment. Bette Davis resentment female thinking Actually, I think business women are better women at home, if you want to know the truth because you do understand what goes into a day's work out in the world, a very nerve-racking affair. Bette Davis work-out home thinking You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them. Bette Davis wells hate knows Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it. Bette Davis three peculiar successful They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself. Bette Davis hollywood honesty thinking Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed. Bette Davis childhood play character Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably. Bette Davis essentials writing thinking 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 democrat husband flower I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent. Bette Davis parent believe children 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 location sound years It is my last wish to be burried sitting up. Bette Davis lasts sitting wish In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent! Bette Davis innocence rats race
