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.
All the Warner actors were real actors. They started in theater and led very straightforward lives - you never saw entourages around. The MGM girls were the glamour girls, and they always had the makeup and hair people with them and all that.
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.
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.
I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.
I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.
People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work....
Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.
After the age of 30 in the movie profession, you're pretty well over as far as the casting people are concerned.
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.
I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty.
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.