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.

— Bette Davis

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

— Bette Davis

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

— Bette Davis

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

— Bette Davis

I have always been driven by some distant music-a battle hymn no doubt-for I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. Furthermore, I've never had the time, and it has always seemed so dangerous.

— Bette Davis

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

— Bette Davis

In this business, until you're known as a monster, you're not a star

— Bette Davis

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

— Bette Davis

I work to stay alive.

— Bette Davis

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.

— Bette Davis