Raquel Welch Quotes

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Raquel Welch

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 5, 1940

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

I think it'd be wonderful if we could train young girls to be active in lots of ways and that they then wouldn't have to age at the same rate that they would if they were not more active. In other words, more physical fitness and not just the sporty kind, but the yoga, which is really important.

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

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 couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

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

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

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

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

I take a multivitamin, I take extra C, I take chondroitin and glucosamine for my joints, I take calcium for my bones. And by the way, weight-bearing exercises can help ward off osteoporosis and yoga helps ward off arthritis.

Raquel Welch

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.

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

You can't fake listening. It shows.

Raquel Welch

I'm not imperceptible to masculine charm, but, well, you know, I can flirt.

Raquel Welch

Turning 60 was not a happy time. I didn't think 'I'm falling apart,' but I did re-examine my priorities.

Raquel Welch

Without women to nurture in this world, how do - how do men get by? How do children get by? How does society get by at all?

Raquel Welch

Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She's revolutionary; she's a warrior.

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

I find clothes so constricting!

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch