Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.

I can't take his genius any more.

I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters.

I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants - to be loved.

Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19?

Old age - that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.

Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me.