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 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.
A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.
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.
I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe that has something to do with having an incomplete family, being an only child. All I know is I loved to pretend, and all that was in tandem with my wanting to be an actress.
If I could have lived as an actress in any period, it would have been the 1920s - I would have loved to have been part of that speakeasy era.
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.
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.
I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a "nice Jewish girl" -- what a burden!
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.
She's not a legend, ... She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. ... You have to be older.