Quotes by Tallulah Bankhead

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The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistake sooner.
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The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make all the same mistake sooner.
Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.
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Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.
The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I’d make all the same mistakes—only sooner.
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The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I’d make all the same mistakes—only sooner.
It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time.
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It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time.
If you want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, be an audience.
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If you want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, be an audience.
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
Acting is a form of confusion.
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Acting is a form of confusion.
My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
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My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
Acting is the most insecure of all the trades, the most risky. In their professional lifetime most actors rehearse longer than they play, spend more time traipsing from office to office in search of jobs than they rehearse and play combined.
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Acting is the most insecure of all the trades, the most risky. In their professional lifetime most actors rehearse longer than they play, spend more time traipsing from office to office in search of jobs than they rehearse and play combined.
I’ve been called many things, but never an intellectual.
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I’ve been called many things, but never an intellectual.
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