Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

About Marilyn Monroe:

Marilyn Monroe is considered one of the most important popular culture icons of the twentieth century.
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I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

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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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Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

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There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

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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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I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

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I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.

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Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you.

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I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.

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I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

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I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

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In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.

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I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

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The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

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When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.

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When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

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First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

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I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

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I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

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I don't digest things with my mind.

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Author Bio

  • NameMarilyn Monroe
  • DescriptionAmerican actress, model, and singer
  • AliasesNorma Jeane Mortenson; Norma Jeane Baker; Norma Jeane Dougherty; Norma Jeane DiMaggio; Marilyn Monroe Miller; Norma Jean Miller
  • BornJune 1, 1926
  • DiedAugust 5, 1962
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionStripper; Actor; Film Actor; Model; Film Producer; Singer; Autobiographer