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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism
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"Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism"

- Bette Davis

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Bette Davis was a pioneering actress in Hollywood, known for her strong efficiencies and her refusal to conform to the industry's requirements of beauty. In this quote, she is expressing her aggravation with the market's expectations of her. She felt that Hollywood desired her to be a certain kind of pretty, however she wished to be able to represent characters that were more practical and real to life. She combated against the market's standards and declined to be typecast as a specific type of character. She wished to have the ability to play a range of functions and to be able to show the full variety of human emotion. She wished to be able to show the world that females could be strong and independent, and that they might be more than simply a quite face. She wished to be able to show the world that females could be powerful and that they might be more than simply a quite face. She wished to have the ability to show the world that ladies could be strong and independent, and that they might be more than simply a pretty face. Bette Davis was a pioneer in Hollywood, and her quote is a reminder of her commitment to realism and her refusal to conform to the industry's standards.

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Bette Davis This quote is written / told by Bette Davis between April 5, 1908 and October 6, 1989. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 45 other quotes.

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