As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
This industry should behave like a mother whose child has just run out in front of a car. But instead of clasping… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. ... I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What,… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Everyone's just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal, Can't I be anything else ? Gee, how long can… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeites...the… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The worst thing that happens to people when they dress up and go to a party is that they leave their real selves at… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupied so are regrets. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
