#th

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#contract #could #drinking #even #faster

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. ↗

— Esther Williams

#because #comedy #eight #feet #five

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. ↗

— Esther Williams

#could #everything #first #get #had

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

— Esther Williams

#funny #i #i think #just #know

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. ↗

— Esther Williams

#bathing #bathing suit #could #done #gone

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

— Esther Williams

#featuring #illustrated #issues #life #magazine

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world. ↗

— Esther Williams

#big news #events #gold #gold medals #i

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

— Esther Williams

#good #great #had #him #i

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

— Esther Williams

#different #different things #expects #healthy #individual

Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy. ↗

— Esther Williams

#diplomacy #done #had #mouth #much