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

- Esther Williams

I'm a mermaid now, half my body.

- Eve Babitz

'The Little Mermaid' changed my life.

- Jodi Benson

I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was in the middle of pre-production for 'The Little Mermaid,' so he kindly invited all the girls in our cast to audition for the film.

- Jodi Benson

I want to be Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid.'

- Lily James