“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
“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 hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has hopefully made a contribution to something along the way - someone who is a human being as well as an actress.” WayHumansWellsMadeHuman BeingsPersonalityActressesHopefullyContributionHaving HopeShowbiz Author:Lauren Bacall
“When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.” WayGivingWellsFeelingsAmericaSixTwentiesWell BeingSlides 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
“He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't understand all that name changing business anyway... No, he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a svengali. He wanted to mold me. He wanted to control me. And he did until Mr. Bogart got involved.” WellsLittlesSaidWantedNamesFeltSoundVisionInvolvedOddMemorableMoldLaurenBogartSvengali 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
“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
“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
“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
