“You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted, he'd buck. There was no way to predict his reactions, no matter how well I knew him. As he'd said before our wedding, he expected to be happily married and stay that way, but he never expected to settle down. He liked keeping people off balance. He was good for me -- I could never be quite sure what he would do.” PeopleWayWellsSaidMatterWantedBalanceMarriedExpectedReactionsSettlingAwakeRelaxBucksSettling DownHappily MarriedOur WeddingBogart Author:Lauren Bacall
“Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.” PeopleThinkingWantBelievePersonsEarthFacesMotherGamesI BelieveDon't BelieveI Believe InWhy NotWhispering Author:Lauren Bacall
“The times in which we're currently living unfortunately, our great leader [George W. Bush] is such a disaster and the entire country is in disastrous shape because of him. It's very frightening, actually, to think that this country has become what it's become and that so many people voted for a man like that. It's terrifying.” PeopleThinkingMenCountryLeaderShapesDisasterFrighteningGreat Leader Author:Lauren Bacall
“I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty.” PeopleUnderstoodTeethEyebrowsCrookedCrooked Teeth Author:Lauren Bacall
“The problem in America as far as actors are concerned - and it's probably true in other fields, as well - is that they don't value people who are older or talented. I don't think ability means anything. How much money you have or how much money you can make for them are the only things they seem to care about or understand.” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanProblemSeemsCareAmericaValuesActorsAbilityFieldsConcerned Author:Lauren Bacall
“I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.” PeopleKnowsFelt Author:Lauren Bacall
“I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.” PeopleRealTalentReal Talent Author:Lauren Bacall
“Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.” PeopleThinkingWellsYoungAsksMarriedHollywoodAsk MeMemorableBogart Author:Lauren Bacall
“Well, the people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveWellsI CanReasonKnownGenerationsMinesExtraordinaryMemorableSenior Author:Lauren Bacall
“After the age of 30 in the movie profession, you're pretty well over as far as the casting people are concerned.” PeopleWellsAgeConcernedProfessionMemorableCastingYou Re Pretty Author:Lauren Bacall
“The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.” PeopleSituationMemorableMisconception 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
“People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.” PeopleShouldChildrenLife IsOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Lauren Bacall
