Top 44 Quotes by Raquel Welch

I inherited good skin from my mother, and I stay away from soap, which dries it out.

There's a duality in every man and every woman.

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.

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.

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.

I felt like, you know, my presence in the world of cinema had a different meaning than Meryl Streep... There was an impact that was made, but it wasn't the usual.

I knew my mother was - well, her ancestry dated back to John Quincy Adams, so she was totally not Latina. She was definitely whatever you call it - white bread, shall we say?

'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!'

You can't fake listening. It shows.

People do stop me and talk to me about something they saw that they loved. It is very satisfying, but I have my own opinions.