Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroewas an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 June 1926
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
They think I'm crazy, ... But trust me, I'm 100 percent there.
You would think all other women kept their bodies in vaults.
You sit alone. It's night outside. Automobiles roll down Sunset Boulevard like an endless string of beetles. Their rubber tires make a purring high-class noise. You're hungry, and you say, 'It's not good for my waistline to eat.' There's nothing finer than a washboard belly.
A photographer once told me that my two best points are between my waist and my neck.
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left.
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, leaves before she is left and forgets before she is forgotten.
I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public, talent in privacy.
Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize 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.
I always sleep with my mouth open. I know because it's open when I wake up.
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
I always felt I was nobody and the only way for me to be somebody was to be... well, somebody else.
I always felt insecure and in the way, but most of all I felt scared. I guess I wanted love more than anything else in the world.
I always felt insecure and in the way — but most of all I felt scared. I guess I wanted love more than anything else in the world.
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.