“Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.” ThinkingShouldMindMeanStatesEarthUnitedUnited StatesGroupsProudLuckyPopulationExcuseWelcomeBest ThingsDamnBe YouOutrageousExcuse MeSmall Minds Author:Lauren Bacall
“He [Bogie] had tremendous character and a great sense of honor and would not tolerate lies, even if they asked him what he thought of a movie. We were once at a screening at somebody's house, I forget whose, and they ran a movie that he was in, that he never thought much of. Afterward, the producer asked what he thought of it, and Bogie said "I think it's a crock." And this producer was horrified! He was about to release the movie, and he said to Bogie "Why would you say that?!" Bogie shrugged and said "Then don't ask me." He never played the schmoozing game. He was not into that at all.” IfsThinkingSaidCharacterLyingAsksGamesHouseForgetHonorProducersReleaseAsk MeRanTolerateScreeningSchmoozing 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
“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 think I'm damn lucky. I'm lucky that my kids are all straight, that they haven't ended up in jail, that they're all worthwhile human beings, thank God. Their lives are happy; they have happy partners, wives, husbands.” ThinkingHumansKidsHuman BeingsWifeHavensLuckyHusbandPartnersDamnJailThank GodWorthwhile Author:Lauren Bacall
“Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think.” ThinkingHappensLife IsGrowing UpGrowingExpectedThings HappenOddAmazing LifeLife Is Amazing Author:Lauren Bacall
“I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.” ThinkingTryingYearsAliveTheaterActressesI've LearnedStaying Alive Author:Lauren Bacall
“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.” ThinkingLoveShouldWholeShowsFacesBeautyProudAgingWhole LifeMemorableYour FaceBe ProudBeautiful Face Author:Lauren Bacall
“I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.” IfsThinkingWantDoeHateFallMarriedPhonesDisasterOccasionsBeing MarriedPhone Calls Author:Lauren Bacall
“When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.” ThinkingKindWholeUseActorsTalkingBehaviorSellsSicknessTomsShockingVulgarPrivate LifeNot TalkingInappropriateCruiseGreat Actors Author:Lauren Bacall
“The early romance was the most romantic experience I have ever had in my life - far surpassing anything I might've dreamed of or imagined, it was quite amazing. When you are young and it's your first love and you are just carried away by it and that's all you can think about.” ThinkingRomanceFirst LoveMost Romantic Author:Lauren Bacall
“When you are playing a part like that where you have traveled - you begin to think, God what a great life. Independent, living alone and how dramatic.” ThinkingIndependentDramaticLiving Alone 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
“They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work my tail off.” ThinkingWellsActorsPartyMemorableFreakTails 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 sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.” ThinkingMenWayInspirationalHusbandAnother Man 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
“Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If you photograph well, that's enough. I have a terrible time distinguishing one from another. Girls wear their hair the same, and are much too anorexic-looking.” IfsThinkingWellsEnoughTodayGirlActorsActingTvsHairTerriblePhotographOther GirlStardomAnorexicsTerrible TimesAnother Girl Author:Lauren Bacall
