“To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.”

Once you were a starlet. Then you’re a star. Can you be a starlet again?

I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.

We eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables.

My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a female can enjoy. A father shares in that experience, knowing that he caused it to happen.

I guess a lot of people think that a girl who shows her bosom and wears tight dresses can’t be close to God. God has always been close to me. Only He knew what was in my heart.

Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.

I hope that I have given happiness to others. I hope I have given children to the world, and that I have made some kind of a mark for myself here.

I like being a pin-up girl. There’s nothing wrong with it.

I don’t want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn’t say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we’re not living up to it.

I don’t know why you people [the press] like to compare me to Marilyn or that girl, what’s her name, Kim Novak. Cleavage, of course, helped me a lot to get where I am. I don’t know how they got there.

It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.

No one wants to see or read about a dull subject. I don’t consider myself a dull subject.

Hollywood is the same as any other place when it comes to love, marriage, and divorce … some people have trouble staying married and some people have trouble staying single.

Most girls don’t know what to do with what they’ve got.

The good thing about being an actress is that it’s very children-friendly. I can work for three months and then I can have six months off. And then I can work for six months and have six months off.

There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman.

Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don’t want to grow old and have regrets.

I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‘Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.’

There is a huge gap between the remuneration of an actor and actress.

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it’s not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.