American - Actress | September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014
I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.
Lauren Bacall
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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.
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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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I adored 'Breaking The Waves,' so when Lars von Trier wanted me in 'Dogville,' I was beside myself with joy. He works in a way that nobody I've ever worked with works.
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Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.
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My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget it.
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I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant.
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I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.
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I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.
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You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.
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I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me.
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You can't acquire a voice. Either you have it, or you don't.
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