Quotes by Lauren Bacall

"I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to."

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

"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."

"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."

"I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!"

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

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

"The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another woman's fella. Boy, I really was terrific at obeying that rule, wasn't I?"

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

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

"I am essentially a loner."

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

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

"You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks."

"Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present."

"You learn to rise above a lot of bad things that happen in your life. And you have to keep going."

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

"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."

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

"When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same."