Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

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

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

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.

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.