"Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly or from any…"

"Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my "summer camp." How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire…"

"Everybody else does nude scenes, but I don't. I never made nude movies. I didn't have to do that. I danced. … I was p…"

"Nobody makes up my mind for me. They used to at Columbia."

"Perhaps if we thought for a second of the classic, simple elegance of the Spanish lady it might help us to be "simply…"

"I have always felt that one of the secrets of real beauty is simplicity."

"I'm an afternoon person."

"I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able …"

"Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them."

"Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me."