262 Quotes by 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.

The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin.

Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.

It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.

I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.

I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.

You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.