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

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?

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

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.

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

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

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