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

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.

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

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

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

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