Quotes
"I think I'm finally growing up - and about time." - Elizabeth Taylor at 53
"I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying."
"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."
(On Cleopatra) "Surely the most bizarre piece of entertainment ever to be perpetrated."
"What do you expect me to do? Sleep alone?"
"I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife."
When asked if she would get married again: "What? Are you kidding??"
"If not to make the world better, what is money for?" (May 2001, Cannes)
[On her weight fluctuations] "When you're fat, the world is divided into two groups--people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp."
When asked what she wanted on her tombstone: "Here lies Elizabeth. She hated to be called Liz."
"Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells."
"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."
"I don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were alot of other things going on."
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
