American - Actress | September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.
Lauren Bacall
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I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
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I suppose there are times when I can't believe that I've lived the way that I have and done the things that I've done. Life's a joke anyway. It's all ridiculous. It's all so short.
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I was never my favourite subject.
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I don't have an entourage. In fact, I have no live-in help.
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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.
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My definition of a star is someone who really lasts for a very long time.
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I happen to watch public television more than anything else. I'm also a news junkie, so I watch a lot of CNN.
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I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.
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