Inspirational Quote by Marilyn Monroe

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

— Marilyn Monroe

You know, I don't think anyone ever knew anyone like Marilyn, really. I've never known another girl like Marilyn Monroe.

— Cyd Charisse

Marilyn is a kind of ultimate. She is uniquely feminine. Everything she does is different, strange, and exciting, from the way she talks to…

— Clark Gable

Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was…

— Richard Widmark

Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

— Lawrence Schiller

Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent…

— Clark Gable

When you've experienced the real Marilyn, it's difficult to watch a movie about her.' I didn't want to have the memories of my experience…

— Lawrence Schiller

Marilyn [Monroe] was really mistreated.

— Debbie Reynolds

There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author…

— Richard Avedon

Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.

— Harvey Weinstein

The last time I saw Marilyn was in late 1959, when I appeared in Let's Make Love at Fox. The wide-eyed Marilyn I had…

— Milton Berle

We think of Marilyn who was every man's love affair with America. Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little…

— Norman Mailer