I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.
From Lauren Bacall
It's just a fact of life that I don't think I've ever been taken particularly seriously in movies by movie makers. I don't know why.
I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.
In actual fact, I've never been one, even from childhood, to kind of analyze myself very much.
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.
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.
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.
Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.
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.
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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