A biography for Lauren Bacallhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!”
“You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.”
“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 always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant.”
“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've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.”
“But the amazing thing about life, I've finally discovered, is that you really don't learn from past mistakes. You do logically, reasonably, but emotionally not for a second.”
“I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.”
“I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.”
“I don't have an entourage. In fact, I have no live-in help.”
“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
“I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.”
“My definition of a star is someone who really lasts for a very long time.”
“I happen to watch public television more than anything else. I'm also a news junkie, so I watch a lot of CNN.”
“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.”
“Patience was not my strong point.”
“When a person who is very ill decides to treat it like a slight virus, you play that game. If you make a big scene, I think it is yourself you are doing it for, not the person who's ill.”
“Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.”
“All the Warner actors were real actors. They started in theater and led very straightforward lives - you never saw entourages around. The MGM girls were the glamour girls, and they always had the makeup and hair people with them and all that.”
“For my peculiar face, I look best when I look as though I'm not wearing make-up.”