Film Quotes by Bette Davis
182 quotes
Year: 1942
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Maggie Cutler:
[to Sheridan] Don't you pull any of your tricks on me, because I'm on to every one of them. So lay off. That's my message to you... "Big" Lord Fauntleroy!
--
Bette Davis
(as Maggie Cutler)
in
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Maggie Cutler:
Sherry, the next time you do NOT want to see anybody, just let me know, and I'll usher them right in.
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Bette Davis
(as Maggie Cutler)
in
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Maggie Cutler:
You know, Sheridan, you have one great advantage over everyone else in the world. You've never had to meet Sheridan Whiteside.
--
Bette Davis
(as Maggie Cutler)
in
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Year: 1952
Director:
Stuart Heisler
Director:
Stuart Heisler
Margaret Elliott:
Haven't you ever cried because you're happy?
Gretchen: No.
Margaret Elliott: Well, you see, some people cry when they're happy and laugh when they're mad.
Gretchen: No.
Margaret Elliott: Well, you see, some people cry when they're happy and laugh when they're mad.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margaret Elliot)
in
The Star
(1952)
Year: 1952
Director:
Stuart Heisler
Director:
Stuart Heisler
Margaret Elliott:
If you're a star you don't stop being a star.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margaret Elliot)
in
The Star
(1952)
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Margo Channing:
Margo Channing is ageless - spoken like a press agent.
Lloyd Richards: I know what I'm talking about. After all, they're my plays.
Margo Channing: Spoken like an author. Lloyd, I'm not twenty-ish, I'm not thirty-ish. Three months ago I was forty years old. Forty. Four O. That slipped out. I hadn't quite made up my mind to admit it. Now I suddenly feel as if I've taken all my clothes off.
Lloyd Richards: I know what I'm talking about. After all, they're my plays.
Margo Channing: Spoken like an author. Lloyd, I'm not twenty-ish, I'm not thirty-ish. Three months ago I was forty years old. Forty. Four O. That slipped out. I hadn't quite made up my mind to admit it. Now I suddenly feel as if I've taken all my clothes off.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margo)
in
All About Eve
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Margo Channing:
Peace and quiet is for libraries!
--
Bette Davis
(as Margo)
in
All About Eve
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Margo Channing:
She thinks only of me, doesn't she?
Birdie: Well, let's say she thinks only about you, anyway.
Margo Channing: How do you mean that?
Birdie: I'll tell you how: like... like she's studying you, like you was a play or a book or a set of blueprints - how you walk, talk, eat, think, sleep...
Margo Channing: I'm sure that's very flattering, Birdie. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with it.
Birdie: Well, let's say she thinks only about you, anyway.
Margo Channing: How do you mean that?
Birdie: I'll tell you how: like... like she's studying you, like you was a play or a book or a set of blueprints - how you walk, talk, eat, think, sleep...
Margo Channing: I'm sure that's very flattering, Birdie. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with it.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margo)
in
All About Eve
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Margo Channing:
So many people know me. I wish I did. I wish someone would tell me about me.
Karen Richards: You're Margo, just Margo.
Margo Channing: And what is that, besides something spelled out in light bulbs, I mean - besides something called a temperament, which consists mostly of swooping about on a broomstick and screaming at the top of my voice? Infants behave the way I do, you know. They carry on and misbehave - they'd get drunk if they knew how - when they can't have what they want, when they feel unwanted or insecure or unloved.
Karen Richards: You're Margo, just Margo.
Margo Channing: And what is that, besides something spelled out in light bulbs, I mean - besides something called a temperament, which consists mostly of swooping about on a broomstick and screaming at the top of my voice? Infants behave the way I do, you know. They carry on and misbehave - they'd get drunk if they knew how - when they can't have what they want, when they feel unwanted or insecure or unloved.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margo)
in
All About Eve
(1950)
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Margo Channing:
You're not much of a bargain, you know. You're conceited and thoughtless and messy.
--
Bette Davis
(as Margo)
in
All About Eve
(1950)