The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.

When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.

I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything,' and I'd walk slowly and turn my head slowly as if I were a queen.

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.