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

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.

Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them.

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?

Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I am attracted to mean personalities.

Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me.

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