I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
Lauren BacallYoung people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.
Lauren BacallThey think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work my tail off.
Lauren BacallMy life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate human beings with high standards-whom I completely and unequivocally adore-don't always agree with-but always admire and respect. They all have wit and a sense of humor and, thank God, I have hung on to mine.
Lauren Bacall