Raquel Welch

I couldn`t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?

My father was a perfectionist. We had to hop to everything and have marvelous table manners. I could only wear navy blue and gray and white. He wanted me to be interested in tennis and horses just like a little princess, but I couldn’t stand such things.

Part of being a sex symbol is very flattering and it does help you get success in the business – but only to a point. You’re stuck with that moniker forever, and it does cloud people’s imagination. They just can’t see you being able to do anything else.

You can’t fake listening. It shows.

I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I’m proud to be Latina.

When I go to see Iron Man 3, I’m not as enthralled as I was when I saw The Bridge on the River Kwai.

[On drum machines] Fantastic to write with. They have their place, they’re terribly useful to the musician, but they’re just another tool. They never will replace a good drummer. A lot of the bands that use them, I call them typewriter bands because basically they program the sample sounds with no real dynamics, and that dynamics is very important. And the records come out sounding very flat and very 2-dimensional whereas something with real dynamics and a good drummer can add another dimension – depth – to the band and that’s why bands that play together when they’re actually making the record will always sound better.

Guys act strange around me. I swear I don’t know why!

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.

If you’re wondering why I was only nominated for three of the categories tonight, it’s because I don’t swallow.

When I’m playing a character, I use the American accent. But when I go back to England, I just glide right back into Englishness immediately. Every actor uses a dialect coach. Every actor, and if they say they don’t, they’re lying. Everybody does, yeah. You don’t want to worry about it. You have someone listening out to check that you’re not straying.

I didn’t really have any idea of what Hollywood was except that it was a place where the made movies.

At this point, we aren’t just flirting with disaster; we’re rounding third base and asking if disaster has any condoms.

It’s a sport to me. I never want to get too complacent with my writing or my flow.

If I were running ‘The View’, I’d fire Rosie O’Donnell. I mean, I’d look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I’d say ‘Rosie, you’re fired.’

I’ll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.

Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.

I’m just a regular girl. Some days I’m super strong; some days I’m super insecure. I just speak my truth and if people like it, they like it, and if they bash it, they bash it.

We all know what it feels like to be an outcast or a loner or to fall between the cracks. To be the target of gossip or people talking about you, or girls are ganging up on you. One minute, they’re your best friend; the next, they call you on three-way.

I haven’t had an interview in two years where I wasn’t asked about Bond!