Bette Quotes

I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.

In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.

I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.

Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis.

So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that.