Lauren Bacall Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

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.

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

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

I am essentially a loner.

I am not a has-been. I am a will 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 figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

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

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 wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

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

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

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

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.

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

Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident.

They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.

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

Trivia

Lauren was staying in the same New York apartment building (The Dakota) as Beatle John Lennon when he was shot and later died on 8th December 1980. When interviewed on the subject in a recent UK TV program, Lauren said she had heard the gunshot but assumed that it was a car tyre bursting or a vehicle backfiring.

Along with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren has a vocal disorder named after her called "Bogart-Bacall syndrome" (BBS).

Shortly after Humphrey Bogart's death, Lauren announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Sinatra promptly backed out.

Lauren once worked as a theatre usher.

Lauren was one of the initial "Rat Pack" with Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Irving Paul Lazar, and their close friends.

Lauren and former Israeli Prime Minster Shimon Peres are cousins.

Lauren was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.

Lauren was a former fashion model.

Lauren's parents divorced when she was only six years old.

In 1980, Lauren's autobiography, "By Myself", won a National Book Award.

Lauren has only been nominated once for an Academy Award.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1724 Vine Street.