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
Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.
I am not a wealthy woman. I wish to hell I was, but I never had a wealthy man.
Losing Bogey was horrible, obviously. Because he was young. And because he gave me my life. I wouldn't have had a - I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't met him. I would have had a completely different kind of life. He changed me, he gave me everything. And he was an extraordinary man.
A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?
Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls.
Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.
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.
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.
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.
Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.