Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacallwas an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 September 1924
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll miss the six I really had.
I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.
I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!
Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband
My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.
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.
How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That's what love does, it changes everything.
I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.
When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.
The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
You can't always be a leading lady.
People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work....
Patience was not my strong point.