Tallulah Bankhead Quotes

1902–1968, American Actress · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.”
VerifiedTallulah: My Autobiography (1952) · evidenceDetails & citeTheater
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“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
VerifiedTallulah: My Autobiography (1952) · evidenceDetails & citeNeurosis
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“Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, ''I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.''”
VerifiedTallulah: My Autobiography (1952) · evidenceDetails & citeExcess
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“No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.”
VerifiedTallulah: My Autobiography (1952) · evidenceDetails & citeHusbands
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“If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
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“I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.”
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