Esther Williams

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

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

Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.