I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious