Tag: Marilyn Monroe
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No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.
Marilyn Monroe
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I wish I knew why I am so anguished.
Marilyn Monroe
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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?
Marilyn Monroe
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There is a need for aloneness, which I don’t think most people realise for an actor. It’s almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you’ll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you’re acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like sort of a chunk of you.
Marilyn Monroe
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I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
Marilyn Monroe
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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.
Marilyn Monroe
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I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.
Marilyn Monroe
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Black men don’t like to be called ‘boys,’ but women accept being called ‘girls.’
Marilyn Monroe
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I want the world to see my body.
Marilyn Monroe
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Fame may go by and – so long, I’ve had you.
Marilyn Monroe