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.

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.

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

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

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

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

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.