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.

Sensitive, shy-of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.

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

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.

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

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.