Tallulah Bankhead Quotes

A collection of quotes by Tallulah Bankhead.

Tallulah Bankhead was a prominent American actress, born on January 31, 1902, in Huntsville, Alabama. Known for her distinctive voice, wit, and larger-than-life personality, Bankhead gained fame for her roles in both stage and film productions in the 1920s and 1930s. She achieved critical acclaim for her performances in plays like "The Little Foxes" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." Bankhead's career spanned several decades, and she remained an influential figure in the entertainment industry until her death on December 12, 1968, in New York City.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes,

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead


(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I tho

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

Tallulah Bankhead

Car

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, t

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.

Tallulah Bankhead

Morning

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

Tallulah Bankhead

Education

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.

Tallulah Bankhead

Love

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Tallulah Bankhead

Good

Television could perform a great service in mass education,

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

Tallulah Bankhead

Education

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Tallulah Bankhead

Identity

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.

Tallulah Bankhead

Theater

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

Tallulah Bankhead

Morals

No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man fo

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.

Tallulah Bankhead

Marriage

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my

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.

Tallulah Bankhead

Mental Illness

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

Tallulah Bankhead

Mistakes

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes,

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

Mistakes

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion o

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.

Tallulah Bankhead

Excess

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional positi

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.

Tallulah Bankhead

Sex

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Tallulah Bankhead

Intelligence