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.

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?

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

Whatever you write about me, don't make it sad.

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.