Raquel Quotes

(in 1973) I couldn`t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

"Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress; I liked their little ensembles.... You`ve got to throw Farrah Fawcett in there, too. I had the Farrah doll. She was my little style inspiration." -on glamor influences

"I felt very intuitive that my particular personality and nature were like Nova. Automatically, I`d say that`s about 80% of the part. The director, the producer, and the writer talked with me about her, and they described her as "sub-human." We hadn`t really had an actress play "sub-human" before. Nova`s not like the Raquel Welch`s character in One Million Years B.C. (1966). She was more primitive because of the Ape`s suppression. We played it by ear and experimented. It was really a moment-to-moment."

On her "girl next door" image": "When Warren Beatty called a girl up, it was usually to try to get her into the sack. But he called me to find out what kind of bologna I used. I just don`t have what it takes, I guess. Raquel Welch has what it takes. She`s so sexy and gorgeous, even I want to jump on her!"

As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.

I couldn`t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

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

When I was a kid I saw Kansas City Bomber (1972), and I remembered thinking how beautiful and how strong Raquel Welch`s character was. So I went home and dressed up my Barbie like her character. I borrowed one of my brother`s little toy plastic football helmets and I made Barbie a Kansas City Bomber outfit.

(on Raquel Welch) I have never met someone so badly behaved.

It`s one thing I`m grateful to my mother for. Calling me Raquel. It may sound like a brand of disinfectant, but at least nobody shortens it.

There is, of course, a world of difference between cricket and the movie business . . . I suppose doing a love scene with Raquel Welch roughly corresponds to scoring a century before lunch.

Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We`ve got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!

I felt very intuitive that my particular personality and nature were like Nova. Automatically, I`d say that`s about 80% of the part. The director, the producer and the writer talked with me about her, and they described her as "sub-human." We hadn`t really had an actress play "sub-human" before. Nova`s not like Raquel Welch`s character in One Million Years B.C. (1966). She was more primitive because of the apes` suppression. We played it by ear and experimented. It was really a moment-to-moment thing.