Well, you know what they say about stars. They’re like Christmas trees. Once the lights are off, you sit there and watch the needles drop.
The answer to feeling unattractive isn’t to make yourself even uglier.[to Bette]
It was Gloria Swanson who was robbed in 1950, not you, b**ch![to Bette]
No man ever did a poor job because he had an attractive woman to look at.
If you’re going to drink, drink something you like.
If something’s going to happen, we have to make it happen. No one’s looking to cast women our age. But together, they wouldn’t dare say no.[to Bette]
I’m not turning you down because you’re a woman. I’m turning you down because you’re a nobody.[to Pauline]
I admire her talent and her craft. And I will have her respect. Even if I have to kill both of us to get it.[to Bette]
Everything written for women seem to fall into just three categories: ingénues, mothers, or gorgons.
