Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
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I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.
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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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I learned to walk when I was ten months old and I've been walking this way ever since.
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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.
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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
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A smart girl leaves before she is left.
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I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn't see or hear or touch.
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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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In Rockford I decided that I had seen enough of the world.
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All little girls should be told they are pretty.
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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 don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.
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I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.
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As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.
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All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.'
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I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one...
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...I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do.
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Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.
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If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best.
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We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
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I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
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I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me! I used to think I was going crazy, until I discovered that some people I admired were like that to.