“Since at the time I also loved acting, I thought it would be easier and less dangerous than boxing. It would hurt less. There might be blows to your morale, but in boxing you take blows to your body as well, so I chose just blows to my morale.” ― Jean-Paul Belmondo

“I don’t enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It`s very Christian.” - Catherine Deneuve

“My mother was right: When you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.” - Jane Birkin

Anna May Wong

“I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn’t and it really doesn’t have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.” - Sophia Loren

“My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I’d like to think I did that.” - Etta James

“I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.” - Gene Tierney

My cousin told me there’s nothing that beats a smile. Because I used to be real self-conscious. Somebody was laughing and was looking at me and right away I thought they were making fun of me, and she says you can make them feel bad if you smile. So, that’s why I always try to be that way. - Ella Fitzgerald, pictured with and receiving an autograph from Jean Cocteau