I'll Miss Hollywood. Of The

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.

Life Is Amazing, Life Is Odd. Life Is Not What You Expected It To Be. Things Happen... Growing Up Takes Longer Than You Think.

I Don't Consider Myself A Great Actress. I'm Just Trying To Stay Alive, Actually. I Think I'm Good, And I've Learned A Lot, Certainly, Mostly In The Theater. I've Been Sloughed Off Movies For Years. But What Can You Do? That's Life.

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.

I Find That Through The Sad Times, Work Is What Made My Continuing, Not Breaking Down, Possible. In Work, I Was Always Someone Else And I Subconsciously Reveled In That.