Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

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.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

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

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.

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

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.