A Quote by Esther Williams

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

Esther Williams

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Esther Williams
American - Actress
August 8, 1921 - June 6, 2013

Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?'

Vivien Leigh

In my own writing, I've mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process. I've written a series of mermaid poems in the last few years. The first one was called "The Straightforward Mermaid" which arose from my delight in that word combination. After that, I decided that future mermaid poems would have to be words ending in "d" or "t," which led to "The Deadbeat Mermaid," "The Morbid Mermaid" and so forth . . .

Matthea Harvey

When Clark Gable kissed me, they had to carry me off the set.

Carroll Baker

Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!"

Mickey Rooney

Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.'

Debbie Reynolds

Mr. Cooper said to me that he had an idea for a film in mind. The only thing he'd tell me was that I was going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood. Naturally, I thought of Clark Gable.

Fay Wray

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.

Marilyn Monroe

I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe and find my own Clark Gable.

Anna Nicole Smith

Clark Gable was the epitome of the movie star - so romantic, such bearing, such friendliness.

Elizabeth Taylor

I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.

Gary Cooper

If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'

Vin Diesel

Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.

Clark Gable

If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.

Vin Diesel

It was the joy of your life to know Clark Gable. He was everything good you could think of. He had delicious humor, he had great compassion, he was always a fine old teddy bear. In no way was he conscious of his good looks, as were most other men in pictures at that time. Clark was very unactorly.

Joan Blondell

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

Leslie Caron

I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was 'The Little Mermaid,' and I don't know if you remember 'The Little Mermaid,' but it's dreadfully sad. The little mermaid falls in love with this prince, but she cannot marry him because she is a mermaid.

Alice Munro

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