Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall (born 16 September 1924) is an American film and stage actress. She is also a former fashion model. Known for her comedic skills and husky voice, as well as her sultry looks, she became a fashion icon and role model for modern-day women early in her career. Also known for her marriage to, and movies with, husband Humphrey Bogart. She is also a cousin of Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel.

Quotes

Famous movie quotes

From To Have and Have Not (1949): "You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

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Bacall is known for speaking her mind, like her friend Katharine Hepburn, she says what she thinks.

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On Harry S. Truman's piano playing

From an interview with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne:

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• "...badly, playing the Missouri Waltz, or something."

On Howard Hawks

Of Mr. Hawks, Bacall told Larry King on CNN:

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• "He was a svengali. He wanted to mold me. He wanted to control me. And he did until Mr. Bogart got involved."

On Frank Sinatra

She told Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne:

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• "He was a womanizer, he wanted to be in the sack with everybody."

She said of Sinatra to Larry King:

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• "Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say."

On being a Democrat

From the Larry King interview:

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• BACALL: "I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it. Even though..."
• KING: "Wait a minute. Are you a liberal?"
• BACALL: "I'm a liberal. The L word!"
• KING: "Egads!"

On Nicole Kidman

From the Associated Press on Nicole Kidman:

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• "She's not a legend," Bacall said. "She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. ... You have to be older."

From the Larry King interview:

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• KING: "I'm told the media tried to stir up a fuss when you took issue with a reporter describing Nicole Kidman as a legend. You worked together in "Dogville" and the film "Birth" and the legend label was used by a British morning show hostess. And you said she's not a legend, she's a beginner."
• BACALL: "God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant."
• KING: "Straighten it out."
• BACALL: "I love Nicole. Nicole and I happen to be very great friends. Besides that, the press never get it straight. They do not print what you say."
• KING: "You can't get it wrong here. What did you mean?"
• BACALL: "Well, number one, this is what happened. We were in Venice for "Birth" at the Venice Film Festival. And you know when you have a day when you go from one room to another with the roundtables with about five journalists sitting around at each table throwing questions at you all the time. So in one of these rooms, I'm sitting there. And one of the journalists said, you're an icon and Nicole Kidman's an icon and what do you think about that?
• And I said, why do you have to burden her with the category? She's a young woman. She's got her whole career ahead of her. Why does she have to be pegged as an icon or as anything? Let her enjoy her time. Don't, you know, suddenly put her in a slot. And that was all I said. The word "legend" never came up. It was "icon." To begin with. And, of course, Nicole was there. And she says, you know the press. Because my only interest was that she was not hurt or that she did not misunderstand."

On Tom Cruise

She slammed Tom Cruise in the 8 August 2005 issue of Time Magazine:

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Tom Cruise - 8 August - 2005 - Time Magazine

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• "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."