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" When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn't afford a ticket. "

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" That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you. "

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" Patience was not my strong point. "

" My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all. "

Lauren Bacall

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" The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation. "

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" 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. "

" I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire. "

" I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe that has something to do with having an incomplete family, being an only child. All I know is I loved to pretend, and all that was in tandem with my wanting to be an actress. "

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

" I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing. "

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

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

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Man

Think

" For my peculiar face, I look best when I look as though I'm not wearing make-up. "

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

" I hope I'm thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has hopefully made a contribution to something along the way - someone who is a human being as well as an actress. "

" I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me. "

" 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. "

" When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I happen to watch public television more than anything else. I'm also a news junkie, so I watch a lot of CNN. "

" A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight. "

" You can't always be a leading lady. "

" Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you. "

" God - if the press ever quoted anyone correctly, it would be brilliant. "

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

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Today

" Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. "

" I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene. "

Lauren Bacall

Down

Kid

" There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree. "

Lauren Bacall

You

Career