--- title: "6 Actress Quotes By Lauren Bacall" description: "6 Actress quotes by Lauren Bacall. Plus more from Lauren Bacall and more Actress sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/lauren-bacall-2297_actress_i-don-t-consider-myself-a-great-actress_90509.png" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-great-actress-i-m-just-trying-to-stay-alive/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/lauren-bacall-2297_actress_i-don-t-consider-myself-a-great-actress_90509.png) > [If I could have lived as an actress in any period, it would have been the 1920s - I would have loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/if-i-could-have-lived-as-an-actress-in-any-period-it-would-have-been/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/lauren-bacall-2297_1920s_if-i-could-have-lived-as-an-actress-in-a_570132.png) > [I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-loved-reading-grimm-s-fairy-tales-and-hans-christian-andersen-and-i/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/lauren-bacall-2297_about_i-loved-reading-grimm-s-fairy-tales-and_589463.png) > [Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/actors-today-go-into-tv-which-i-don-t-consider-has-a-lot-to-do-with-2/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/lauren-bacall-2297_acting_actors-today-go-into-tv-which-i-don-t-co_1103644.png) > [I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-hope-i-m-thought-of-as-not-just-a-showbiz-personality-but-as/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/lauren-bacall-2297_actress_i-hope-i-m-thought-of-as-not-just-a-show_1223425.jpg) > [How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/how-long-an-actress-lives-professionally-depends-on-her-stamina-the/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/lauren-bacall-2297_actors_how-long-an-actress-lives-professionally_2084108.png) ## Other authors on Actress ## More by Lauren Bacall > [No, I don't like legend. I mean, I don't like the category. And to begin with, to me, a legend is something that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/no-i-don-t-like-legend-i-mean-i-don-t-like-the-category-and-to-begin/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/losing-bogey-was-horrible-obviously-because-he-was-young-and-because/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/very-few-people-want-to-hear-the-truth-bogie-was-like-that-my-mother/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-great-actress-i-m-just-trying-to-stay-alive/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-wasn-t-brought-up-as-a-society-girl-to-go-to-balls-and-be-a/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/he-named-me-he-liked-the-sound-of-it-and-i-said-well-all-right-i-felt/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-like-to-work-with-really-good-professional-people-anyone-with-real/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/film-is-not-a-woman-s-medium-if-you-weren-t-the-hottest-kid-in-town/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/imagination-is-the-highest-kite-one-can-fly/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-finally-felt-that-i-came-into-my-own-when-i-went-on-the-stage/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/it-s-inappropriate-and-vulgar-and-absolutely-unacceptable-to-use-your/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I suppose there are times when I can't believe that I've lived the way that I have and done the things that I've done.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-suppose-there-are-times-when-i-can-t-believe-that-i-ve-lived-the/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I have made mistakes in the past and been in movies that really weren't good, and that I needed the money at the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-have-made-mistakes-in-the-past-and-been-in-movies-that-really-weren/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [ Everything in this country \[the US\] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/everything-in-this-country-the-us-has-got-to-be-good-looks-and/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [In actual fact, I've never been one, even from childhood, to kind of analyze myself very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/in-actual-fact-i-ve-never-been-one-even-from-childhood-to-kind-of/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actress/lauren-bacall/#itemlist", "name": "6 Actress Quotes By Lauren Bacall", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't consider myself a great actress. 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