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Quotes
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Joan Crawford : My fans show up to a Joan Crawford picture expecting to see Joan Crawford.
Bette Davis : This is not a Joan Crawford picture!
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Broadway Stage Manager : There's a lady here to see you.
Bette Davis : Who is it?
Broadway Stage Manager : Joan Crawford.
Bette Davis : You're fucking kidding me.
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Bette Davis : Did you fuck Joan Crawford?
Robert Aldrich : No, I did not fuck her. Not that I didn't have ample opportunity.
Bette Davis : We all know what special relationship Joan has with her directors.
Robert Aldrich : Oh, come on, Bette. William Wyler?
Bette Davis : Oh, I see someone has been a good little boy and done all his homework.
Robert Aldrich : Bette, listen, here's the deal. Crawford's name on the marquee gets us distribution. I need her to get the picture made, but I need you to make the picture great.
Bette Davis : Keep talking.
Robert Aldrich : Bette, I've made my share of steaming piles of shit, but every now and again I get a chance to work with an artist like you. Someone who isn't afraid to leap off a cliff. Most people are terrified to go anywhere near the edge. Now, that gets me excited. I'm a kid again. Everything's possible. Bette, I promise you this is gonna be the greatest horror movie ever made. And Baby Jane's the greatest part you'll play since Margo Channing.
Bette Davis : All right, answer this question, and don't lie. Why this picture?
Robert Aldrich : Honestly? I'm not being offered anything else.
