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Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?

~Esther Williams

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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.

~Esther Williams

Topics: Allowed Bonus Cents Cost Counted Day Earn Five Job Lunchtime Order Pool Swim Took Towels Wet

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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.

~Esther Williams

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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

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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

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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

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

~Esther Williams

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I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

~Esther Williams

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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.

~Esther Williams

Topics: Absolutely Appeared Audience Being Conveyed Delicious Had Invited Me Sensation Water

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: August 8th, 1921

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