I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

If I could get their attention long enough, I felt they would see beneath the boobs and find the heart, and that they would see beneath the wig and find the brains. I think one big part of whatever appeal I possess is the fact that I look totally one way and that I am totally another. I look artificial, but I'm not.

I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.

God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things.

A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.