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"Gary was a macho man, but none of my husbands was ever man enough to become Mr Bette Davis." (on Gary Merrill, her fourth husband)"

"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."
Movies

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

"I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and ofttimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life."

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

"I see - she's the original good time that was had by all."

"I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose."

"I was never beautiful like Miss Hayworth or Miss Lamarr. I was known as the little brown wren. Who'd want to get me at the end of the picture?"

"I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay."

"I was the Marlon Brando of my generation."

"I will never be below the title."

"I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box."

"I work to stay alive."

"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."
Marriage

"I've always liked men better than women."

"I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived."

"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."

"Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up."

"Old age is no place for sissies."
Age

"Strong women only marry weak men."

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