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 have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men.
You know who I always depend on? Not strangers, not friends. The telephone! That's my best friend. I seldom write letters, but I love calling friends, especially late at night, when I can't sleep.
Wouldn't it be nice to be like men, just getting notches in your belt, having affairs with the most atttractive men . . . and not getting emotionally involved.
Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
I have never been very good at being a member of any group - more than a group of two, that is.
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 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.
I always sleep with my mouth open. I know because it's open when I wake up.
Even though I was born there, I still can't think of one good thing to say about it. If I close my eyes, and picture LA, all I see is one big varicose vein.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I'm just a girl who wishes for the world.
Blond hair and breasts, that's how I got started. I couldn't act. All I had was blond hair and a body men liked. The reason I got ahead is that I was lucky and met the right men.
Every morning I walk across my apartment rolling an empty soda bottle between my ankles, in order to preserve my balance.