Raquel Welch quotes

Raquel Welch was an American actress and international sex symbol, renowned for her roles in the 1960s and 1970s. Her breakthrough came with the film "One Million Years B.C.," which made her a pop culture icon. She became a trailblazer for strong female roles in Hollywood. Here are 22 of her quotes:

A lot of times I would play a lot of roles a man would play...In One Million Years B.C.-yes, the costume was revealing. But I was outdoors all the time, I was fighting to survive, there was a girlfight. I was participating, it was physical, and I was independent. I wasn't that pushover kind of a girl. And I think that left an impression.

Raquel Welch

Whatever my film work was, it was a departure from the sex symbol previously, who was blonde and more docile than the characters I portrayed as a sex symbol...I think it was a different role for women. Women watch other women, and they are affected by that.

Raquel Welch

You can't fake listening. It shows.

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

Bikinis, as well as being empowering, they are just so darn comfortable and practical – at the beach or for fighting dinosaurs.

Raquel Welch

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

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

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.

Raquel Welch

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

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

Raquel Welch

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

Raquel Welch

In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky.

Raquel Welch

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.

Raquel Welch

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didnt really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

Raquel Welch

Im the antidote to Lindsay Lohan. I know she misbehaves terribly, but sometimes it just seems like its open season on her.

Raquel Welch