I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
Lauren BacallRead
For my peculiar face, I look best when I look as though I'm not wearing make-up.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the value of natural beauty over artificial enhancement.
In this quote, Lauren Bacall expresses her belief that she looks best when she appears natural and unadorned, highlighting the idea that true beauty often lies in authenticity and simplicity rather than in heavily applying cosmetics. It reflects a broader sentiment that embracing one's natural self can resonate more genuinely than superficial appearances.
In practice
During a beauty seminar focusing on self-acceptance, this quote can inspire participants to embrace their natural looks.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
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.
When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.
I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and go to parties. No one in my family lived like that. And I never wanted to live like that. I was brought up to believe in work. I always wanted a career. Always.
Well, the people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.
I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.
I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.
You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.
How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin - that's what really makes you beautiful.
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