Lauren Bacall Quotes

I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!

I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

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.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.

I am essentially a loner.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.