3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour it’s based on femininity.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I’ve always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, ‘Hi,’ that the people ought to get their money’s worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe 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.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe Fame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I’m working on the foundation.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe What good am I? I can’t have kids. I can’t cook. I’ve been divorced three times. Who would want me?
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Monroe A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
