All Marilyn Monroe Quotes
- When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world. Closed
- Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both. Both
- I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror. Actor
- I want the world to see my body. Body
- Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it. Inspirational
- The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it. Inspiring
- What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman? Funny
- When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep. Clark
- When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. Actress
- Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man… Every Woman
- There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and… God
- Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's… Always Known
- Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would… Been
- I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to… Attention
- Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?'… All
- There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her… Another Girl
- At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the… Blouse
- I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk… All
- If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football… Enthusiast
- Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day… All
- What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We… All
- I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being… Alone
- Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director… Any
- All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt… All
- I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full… Cities