[On turning 53 years old] I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.

I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

If not to make the world better, what is money for? (May 2001, Cannes)

[On her weight fluctuations] When you're fat, the world is divided into two groups - people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

I don't remember much about Cleopatra (1963). There were a lot of other things going on.

One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues.

(About Montgomery Clift): The most gorgeous thing in the world and easily one of the best actors.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

[On Eddie Fisher] I'm not taking anything away from Debbie [Reynolds] because she never really had it.

Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real.

Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done. (2005)

There's still so much more to do. I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around. [2005]

What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a mega star? Michael Jackson - that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more ... I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.

His image had as much impact in the world as many of our presidents have had, but Duke was a great actor, a great humanitarian, but always himself. To be a friend was a lifetime thing.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously.

He is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other. - On Michael Jackson