A Quote by Richard LaGravenese

Even as a kid, I was more enchanted watching Bette Davis than Errol Flynn.

Richard LaGravenese

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Davis Enchanted Even Kid More Than Watching

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Richard LaGravenese
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I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

Rebecca Hall

I loved working with Bette Davis. Bette Davis was great to work with and a wonderful teacher, and very kind to me. We became good friends.

Debbie Reynolds

Every kid wants to be an actor. When I was a kid, I thought, 'Oh, it'd be great to be like Errol Flynn. I want to be an actor.'

Stan Lee

When I first watched Bette Davis in 'All About Eve', I was struck by how much I felt that she is Margo Channing and that she's Bette Davis, where she was able to do both, where you're like, 'What an icon.'

Tavi Gevinson

I only wrote two fan letters in my life. One was to Bette Davis. And one was to Ron Palillo, who played Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter.' And Ron did not write me back, but Bette Davis did.

Ryan Murphy

It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.

Charles Busch

I used to stay up very late at night, much later than I probably should have for such a youngster, and I used to watch very old black-and-white movies with, you know, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but I remember watching them thinking 'I could do that'... Even though I wasn't inclined at all to actually become an actress. I mean, that wasn't something that was... in the stars for me, no pun intended.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful.

Jacques Audiard

You can count on Errol Flynn, he'll always let you down.

David Niven

There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.

Olivia De Havilland

When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn't afford a ticket.

Lauren Bacall

I've worked with Bette Davis, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda. Here's the thing they all have in common: They all, even in their 70s, worked a little harder than everyone else.