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.
From Esther Williams
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.
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
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 took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers.
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.
Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?
I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
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.
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