Bette davis

I work to stay alive.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

I will never be below the title.

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

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.