All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

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.

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?

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

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

No one can be Gilda twenty-four hours a day.

All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.