Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.
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Dogs have never hurt me. Only men have.
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I feel that beauty and femininity are ageless.
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I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.
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I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
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Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.
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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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Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
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Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
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When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.
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I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.
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The worst thing that happens to people when they dress up and go to a party is that they leave their real selves at home.
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I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing.
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I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.
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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 think I have always had a little humor.
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I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.
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If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?
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Joe: You don't want me, Sugar. I'm a liar and a phony. A saxophone player. One of those no-goodniks you keep running away from. Sugar: I know, every time. Joe: Sugar, do yourself a favor. Go back to where the millionaires are, the sweet end of the lollipop, not the cole slaw in the face, the old socks and the squeezed-out tube of toothpaste. Sugar: That's right. Pour it on. Talk me out of it. (She grabs him to kiss him.)
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I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
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All little girls should be told they are pretty.
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My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?
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A struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.
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When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.