Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?
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I wanted to ask a thousand questions, but there was no one to ask. Besides I knew that people only told lies to children-lies about everything from soup to Santa Claus.
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I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.
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Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
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A smart girl leaves before she is left.
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Next to my husband and along with Marlon Brando, Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met.
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Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.
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I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.
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I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.
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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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Who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe?
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I don't want to be rich, I just want to be loved.
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What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?
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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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Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire.
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I love a natural look in pictures.
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Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there that I am afraid of, or hiding? Maybe your libido!
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For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.
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You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.
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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.
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Jewish men don't know anything.
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I've fallen in love with Brooklyn. I'm going to buy a little house in Brooklyn and live there. I'll go to the coast only when I have to make a picture.
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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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Who said nights were for sleep?