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 took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine shoot, I was bowled over. I couldn't believe she was only fourteen. She filled out a swimsuit better than I did. We did the pictures, including one shot of me teaching her to float. With that superstructure of hers, she floated just fine. What she couldn't do was sink.

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.

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

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