"𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, '𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.'"
Remembering screen legend Humphrey Bogart on his birthday...
Born Humphrey DeForest Bogart on December 25th, 1899 in New York City
Died on January 14th, 1957 (age 57) in Los Angeles, California
When Bogart was first signed by Warner Bros. in 1935, they changed his birth date to January 23rd, 1900 due to their belief that he wouldn't be able to play an effective "heavy" or villain on screen if the public knew he was a Christmas baby. But his wife, screen star Lauren Bacall, later stated that they always celebrated his birthday on Christmas Day, with Bogart annually joking that the dual celebration probably led "to getting cheated out of a present or two".
Photo of Humphrey by George Hurrell, 1939.