Lauren bacall

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

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

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

You can't always be a leading lady.

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 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.

I am essentially a loner.

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be...

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

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