At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and… — 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
Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real… — 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
Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him. — 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
Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The first effect marriage had on me was to increase my lack of interest in sex.... Actually our marriage was a sort… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.' — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd… — 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
