I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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,… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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 understand all that name changing business anyway... No, he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a svengali. He wanted to mold me. He… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share
I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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.… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
