Actress, singer, reluctant political heroine and 20th century icon

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

[The lover says:] How beautiful you are, now that you love me

I will never again go to Germany.

When you prostitute yourself, you have to get paid for it.

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German--German in my soul.