Julie Newmar

“Silly' is probably the word that best describes me.”

“I think most people, almost 96 percent, remember me as Catwoman on the 'Batman' television series. It is a part I will always be grateful for, because it was one of the great parts ever written for a woman. She was sexy, sassy and successful. I played many things, but that is what I will probably be best remembered as.”

“I'm magnificent! I'm 5' 11" and I weigh 135 pounds, and I look like a racehorse.”

“You know, in real life, I'm just a pussycat.”

“When you're performing pain never matters.”

“Beauty is what I feel my life is about - the garden, the house, whatever. I see the world that way, yet it isn't.”

“I had three miscarriages, then, at forty-eight, a child with serious developmental difficulties. He is a blessing and a jewel. He is my teacher. From him I get and give unconditional love.”

“It's always the gay people, the outliers, who are the cutting edge, and god bless these people! And to everyone else, wake up. See what's new!”

“You can't fail. The further you fall, the greater the opportunity for growth and change.”

“The '60s was the end of the America that the rest of the world liked.”

“I'm just rich. I own businesses and I love it.”

“Flirtation is something that should be practiced very regularly. Flirtation is like taking a nice walk. You do it as a form of exercise, but it also contributes most highly to your well-being.”

“I've never let anyone measure me in my entire life, but I think I'm 5-11.”

“My mother took me to every kind of dance instructor.”

“We live in this fabulous place, Southern California, with fabulous weather and abundance, so you share your wealth, and you share your bounty. You take everything you have and make it better.”

“I can't see myself as others see me.”

“Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing. Tell me I'm intellectual - I know it. Tell me I'm funny, and it's the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me.”

“Ecstasy and beauty are eternal.”

“I did a dance with Fred Astaire in the movie 'Bandwagon.' I got to waltz just from left of camera to right of camera, and I'm taller than Fred Astaire. Fortunately, I was wearing a long skirt, so I waltzed with bended knees.”

“People tell me I'm intimidating and I've got to come to terms with it.”