65 Quotes by Esther Williams

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.

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.

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

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

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.

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

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn’t have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.

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.