[Being asked about a crazy fourth of July event]: "We were in the Hamptons, and we stayed at some castle, and everyone was partying. They were playing music super loud nonstop. I didn`t get any sleep all weekend - you couldn`t sleep if you wanted to. So after all the other parties were over, everyone came back to the castle. I convinced everyone to take their clothes off and jump in the pool. Except me. I stood there with my clothes on."

[On her engagement to rocker David M. Navarro]: "We met on November 10th, so the 10th of every month we go out to dinner and we make a big event out of it. We have this digital camera that Miramax gave me during a movie. And we took pictures all over -- we travel everywhere together. Usually, I`m just the girl and I bring out the camera, `Baby, come on, lets look`. And he`s like [rolls eyes] `Ok Babe` -- It`s kinda boring to him. This night, he brought out the camera and we were looking at the pictures together. And he was down on one knee the whole time and I wasn`t even aware of that, because he was on the edge of the bed. And the very last picture was him holding up the ring. And then he proposed to me. We cried -- I said `Yes`, and we spent five hours just staring into each others eyes. It was really sweet. He`s a good guy. Well, maybe a little more than just staring..." -- Carmen on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999).

You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it.

About Madonna: "`Truth or Dare` was so raw and honest. You could tell she was working really hard at dancing every number - and singing at the same time" (In Style, Sept/2006).

"There`s something about male strippers, it`s a little corny for me. Most of my girlfriends would rather have a lapdance by a girl - I just think they`re much sexier in that type of situation."

"She had on this white fur coat, her hair down, and her eyes pierced my heart from 20 feet away. The first thing I did was buy her 1,200 pairs of sunglasses to cover up those eyes. I couldn`t risk anyone else having the same reaction." -- fiancé David M. Navarro (Jane`s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) on when he first saw her.

"Is there a rehab center for Coke drinkers? I drink six to eight cans a day."

"I never had my own name on a bathing suit on "Baywatch" (1989). I was always given one that said Pamela or Yasmine. I earned my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have framed."

"I was watching an HBO special the other night on real-life maximum-security-prison guys. I glanced up, and my poster was in quite a few cells. I was screaming `Oh, no!`"