“I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.” WayLooksUsedLook UpNervesChestsSteadyChins Author:Lauren Bacall
“You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks.” LooksPastRealizingYour PastReflecting Author:Lauren Bacall
“Everything in this country [the US] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts slit up to their ass. It has nothing to do with thinking or with being a human being. There is life in mature people; it's not all over at 24½.” PeopleThinkingHumansLooksCountryBodyRunningFacesHuman BeingsBe GoodAssMemorableMatureLooking GoodBeing ThereSkirtsSlits Author:Lauren Bacall
“My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I'd have to climb ladders, and I can't climb” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksPersonsI CanShowsAgeLastsPastYoungAsksRealizingSonMarriedHollywoodGoldenAsk MeMemorableClimbsMy SonOur PastLaddersYour PastReflectingGolden AgeBogartEyewitnesses Author:Lauren Bacall
“I don't think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.” PeopleThinkingLooksChildrenLittlesSelfProblemBeliefParentLove IsScarNo ProblemThings I LoveOnly ChildBelief In SelfSingle Parent Author:Lauren Bacall
“Sophie, my dog, is the high in the highlights of my life. Even through rain, snow, ice, and general laziness, she is the reason I smile when I wake up and a comfort to me continually. I could never have imagined that a now five-pound, six-ounce dog would take over my life. But it has happened, and I am happy to have someone to look after and share my moods with.” LooksReasonFiveHappenedShareDogComfortSixRainWake UpMoodSnowIcePetPoundsLazinessMy DogSophieHighlightsI Smile Author:Lauren Bacall
