No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.

When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.

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

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