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
I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. ... I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What, with what makeup, costume and camera can do, my acting will create a Juliet who is 14, an innocent virgin.
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.
Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.
I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.
I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.
There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy.
I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.
Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money.
I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.