Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
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For life: It is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: The truth can only be recalled, never invented.
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Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.
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Doing a scene is like opening a bottle. If it doesn't open one way, try another - perhaps even give it up for another bottle?
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Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.
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Sisters make the best friends in the world.
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I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.
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In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.
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Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.
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Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?
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(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.
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I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.
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The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!'
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I believe in everything - a little bit.
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We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
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I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.
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I remember when I got the part in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell - she was the brunette in it and I was the blonde. She got $200,000 for it, and I got my $500 a week, but that to me was, you know, considerable. She, by the way, was quite wonderful to me. The only thing was I couldn't get a dressing room. Finally, I really got to this kind of level and I said, "Look, after all, I am the blonde, and it is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!" Because still they always kept saying, "Remember, you're not a star." I said, "Well, whatever I am, I am the blonde!
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There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.
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The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.
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People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.
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I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights.
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No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
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How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.