You Can't Always Be A Leading Lady.

My Son Tells Me, 'do You Realize You Are The Last One? The Last Person Who Was An Eyewitness To The Golden Age?' Young People, Even In Hollywood, Ask Me, 'were You Really Married To Humphrey Bogart?' 'well, Yes, I Think I Was,' I Reply. 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. I Could Show You Some, But I'd Have To Climb Ladders, And I Can't Climb

Actors Today Go Into Tv, Which I Don't Consider Has A Lot To Do With Acting. They Only Think Of Stardom. If You Photograph Well, That's Enough. I Have A Terrible Time Distinguishing One From Another. Girls Wear Their Hair The Same, And Are Much Too Anorexic-looking.

Howard Hawks Said He'd Like To Put Me In A Film With Cary Grant Or Humphrey Bogart. I Thought, "cary Grant-terrific! Humphrey Bogart-yucch."

The Biggest Misconception People Have About Me Is That I'm In Control Of Every Situation. I'm Rarely In Control Of Any Situation.

He Named Me. He Liked The Sound Of It. And I Said, Well, All Right. I Felt A Little Odd About It. I Don't Understand All That Name Changing Business Anyway... No, He Felt That Lauren Bacall Was Better Sounding Than Betty Bacall. He Had A Vision Of His Own. He Was A Svengali. He Wanted To Mold Me. He Wanted To Control Me. And He Did Until Mr. Bogart Got Involved.