Quotes from Raquel Welch

I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states.

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

My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding.

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.

It's necessary, at some point, to destroy your beauty.

For a woman to be considered a celebrated beauty is not exactly a bad thing. I think we have to say that in all reality.

The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me.

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

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