I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.

I think that women should be decorative.

I COULDN'T stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our 52 states.

Ive always been a health fanatic.

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didnt really like the idea of my name being Raquel.