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> [I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-m-not-tough-and-i-never-have-been-i-suppose-over-the-years-i-ve/)

[Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/)

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## 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/)

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