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

When I look back on my marriages, or the breakups, sure I know the pain I went through, but that's part of life and it has its own value.

I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

Who wouldn't prefer having breakfast in bed to getting up at the crack of dawn and having a cup of coffee in a studio makeup department?

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

We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.