Tallulah Bankhead quotes are famous for their bold and often profound quality, but above all else they were always ahead of the curve and loaded with the kind of attitude we expect from people living a couple of generations later than Tallulah’s. When you buy Looped tickets you’ll be walking into the world of this controversial and enthralling woman. Take a stroll through our Tallulah Bankhead quotes and have a chuckle at the wit and direct logic she brought to the world of celebrity.

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

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

“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”

“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.”

“If you really want to help the American theater, don’t be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.”

“I’d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.”

“The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I’d make all the same mistakes – only sooner.”

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

“Cocaine isn’t habit forming. I should know-I’ve been using it for years.”

“Here’s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.”

There are many more Tallulah Bankhead quotes out there, but these are some of the best. Bookmark this page and return frequently, as we update the quotes and provide more magic from the mind of a true wayward American superstar!