Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacallwas an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 September 1924
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don't you? Just put your lips together and blow.
You can't always be a leading lady.
We live in an age of mediocrity.
Patience was not my strong point.
Isn't hope an incredible, a wonderfully demented thing?
Naïveté, thy name is me.
The madmen seem to live on forever, don't they?
Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.
The industry is s**t, it's the medium that's great.
How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That's what love does, it changes everything.
In the world of relationships, possibly the most complicated, uncommon, hard to find, hard to keep and most rewarding has got to be friendship.
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, or something -- and the money wasn't even that great. But I needed it, and... they come back on television, those movies... to haunt you. And it's a nightmare!
Life is not what you expected it to be.
All actors are terrified - they just learn how to control it.