Zsa Zsa Gabor

I don’t remember anyone’s name. How do you think the ‘dahling’ thing got started?

The women’s movement hasn’t changed my sex life. It wouldn’t dare.

Macho does not prove mucho.

Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.

My husband said it was him or the cat. I miss him sometimes.

I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?

I forgot better shit than you ever thought of.

[On encountering the music of Umm Kulthum] I was intrigued by the scales, initially, and obviously the vocal work. The way she sang, the way she could hold a note, you could feel the tension, you could tell that everybody, the whole orchestra, would hold a note until she wanted to change.

I’m not a musician, I’m an entertainer.

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

Know what? Bitches get shit done.

There were a couple of times where you think you’re swimming towards a guy with a breating apparatus and then you find its just some thing in the water and you’re like (imitates freaking out) and then you just know what to do and they film your stupid face just screaming underwater and then everyone starts laughing and its just like, ahh, great.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you’re gonna be a rock star.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war –for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.

I don’t actually own a car.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

Oh but I’m serious this time. Take your American history books, burn them in the streets, they’re worthless after Tuesday. Why? The senate is up for grabs. I repeat – the f**king senate is up for grabs!

If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

The woman who did the costumes tried to put me in these Waspy clothes, and it just didn’t work. I feel like ethnicity and fashion go together. So, yeah, knockers up and tight skirts. Somehow it’s better.

We’ll probably end up doing a terrible crossover, where the Matthew Perry character on the drama rapes my character on the comedy-and then the ‘Law & Order’ team solves the crime.

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was.