He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it.… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Well, the people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
The problem in America as far as actors are concerned - and it's probably true in other fields, as well - is… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
After the age of 30 in the movie profession, you're pretty well over as far as the casting people are concerned. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted,… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. — 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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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