Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She’s revolutionary; she’s a warrior. – Raquel Welch
We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise. – Raquel Welch
I’d taken the bull by the horns by liberating myself and creating a career. It took guts – it was scary and chancy – but they discounted me as empty-headed: some little piece of fluff without any brain that happened to come along. – Raquel Welch
Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didn’t really like the idea of my name being Raquel. – Raquel Welch
I was lucky that one of my first movies, ‘One Million Years B.C.’ was made in Europe by a British company. The Brits, and a lot of the rest of Europe, seemed to really love exotic women. The fact that I was American and exotic just made me more appealing to them. – Raquel Welch
It seemed like a wonderful honor to have the Film Society of Lincoln Center screen ‘The Films of Raquel Welch.’ It shows a lot of a variety in what they’ve chosen; it kind of runs the gamut of my film career. – Raquel Welch
I have a very, very good life. I’m grateful for all of my friends, my family and the life that I have, and the possibilities in my future. – Raquel Welch
My father was Bolivian, which makes me half-Bolivian. It’s where I got some of my exotic features and certainly my skin tone. – Raquel Welch
Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do. – Raquel Welch
We try to do too many things that used to be in the men’s domain, and we try to do them like men’s. I’m a prude – I guess you can tell that – but I think, ‘Why would you do that?’ – Raquel Welch
‘My self-esteem,’ ‘my self-this,’ ‘my self-that.’ Believe me, I’ve been there – I’m an actress. At one point, you just get nauseous with it and think, ‘I have to take my mind off myself!’ – Raquel Welch
I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand? – Raquel Welch
Oh I had crushes on all my leading men, I think. Oh, you know who I really had fun with? In this movie ‘Mother, Jugs & Speed,’ I really liked working with Harvey Keitel. – Raquel Welch
When I first came along in the business, they didn’t really like the idea of my name being Raquel. – Raquel Welch
I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love. – Raquel Welch
I’m the antidote to Lindsay Lohan. I know she misbehaves terribly, but sometimes it just seems like it’s open season on her. – Raquel Welch
I am 5 ft 6 in, and at my peak, my vital statistics were 37-22-35. I didn’t even think about my weight – but now I work hard at keeping healthy. Fortunately, my husband Richie is as much of a fitness buff as I am. – Raquel Welch
