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"Then I did —at the end director boldly predicted would be a big hit, Id have a solid career and Bette Davis would go nowhere. Bette hasnt spoken to him since."
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Bette DavisAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work. — Bette Davis
"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."
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Bette Davis
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greate
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"She has about as much sex appeal as ."
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"I think it was that picture, more than anything else, that gave me a horror of nobility. Ever since then I have fought against portraying saccharine characters. Give me the part of a vixen and Im happy."
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"To look back is to relax ones vigil."
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"That picture clinched my future as far as Universal was concerned. They felt that as I had not emerged as a glamour girl after being worked over by , I had no possibilities. When I arrived in Hollywood, when I thought about it all, I considered myself as normally attractive; after that year at Universal I found that I was apologizing for living. Physically I considered myself as one to be avoided. I still cringe at the beating I took."
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"I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. Its my life."
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