“I project a definite parada, a touch of class, a swagger. I'm a ladies' man, a man's man, a hell of a guy.”— Gene Barry
“I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight.”— Ella Baker
“You can't create a pop star. They have to have that certain something, that X factor.”— Pete Waterman
“Star quality is a sacred gift that you have or you don't. It's not something you can learn. It's a chemistry.”— Linda Evangelista
“If you have 'It', you don't need to have anything else; if you don't have 'It', it doesn't matter what else you have.”— Elinor Glyn
“'It' is that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force. With 'It' you win all men if you are a woman and all women if you are a man.”— Elinor Glyn
“Some people are just born with that certain something. The 'it' factor. And I've got it, baby.”— Paris Hilton