Queen Elizabeth I:
...the necessities of a queen must transcend those of a woman.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth) in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth) in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Queen Elizabeth I:
And when he takes you in his arms again, thank heaven you are not a queen.
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe: But I thought to be a queen...
Queen Elizabeth I: To be a Queen is to be less than human, to put pride before desire, to search Men's hearts for tenderness, and find only ambition. To cry out in the dark for one unselfish voice, to hear only the dry rustle of papers of state. To turn to one's beloved with stars for eyes and have him see behind me only the shadow of the executioner's block. A queen has no hour for love, time presses, and events crowd upon her, and her shell, an empty glittering husk, she must give up all the a woman holds most dear.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth) in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe: But I thought to be a queen...
Queen Elizabeth I: To be a Queen is to be less than human, to put pride before desire, to search Men's hearts for tenderness, and find only ambition. To cry out in the dark for one unselfish voice, to hear only the dry rustle of papers of state. To turn to one's beloved with stars for eyes and have him see behind me only the shadow of the executioner's block. A queen has no hour for love, time presses, and events crowd upon her, and her shell, an empty glittering husk, she must give up all the a woman holds most dear.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth) in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Queen Elizabeth I:
It is I who makes the policy of this realm, I and I alone!
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I:
There can be no funeral without a corpse.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
Regina Giddens:
[laughing: just having learned what her brothers and cousin Leo have been up to] Well, this'll make a fine little scandal.
Horace Giddens: Couldn't it?
Regina Giddens: A fine little scandal to hold over their heads. Ha ha ho! How could they be such fools?
[Giggles]
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Horace Giddens: Couldn't it?
Regina Giddens: A fine little scandal to hold over their heads. Ha ha ho! How could they be such fools?
[Giggles]
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens:
[Regarding a possible marriage between Alexandra and Leo] There are a lot of things to consider, after all they are first cousins.
Oscar Hubbard: Well that isn't unusual, our grandfather and grandmother were first cousins!
Regina Giddens: Yes, and look at us.
[laughs]
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Oscar Hubbard: Well that isn't unusual, our grandfather and grandmother were first cousins!
Regina Giddens: Yes, and look at us.
[laughs]
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens:
I hope you die!, I hope you die soon!, I'll be waiting for you to die!
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens:
I was lonely when I was young. Not in the way people usually mean. I was lonely for all the things I wasn't gonna get.
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens:
I'm lucky, Horace. I've always been lucky... I'll be lucky again.
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens:
Why, Alexandra! You have spirit after all. I used to think you were all sugar water.
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
--Bette Davis (as Regina Giddens) in The Little Foxes
