Couldn't we end this interview with 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 are all brothers. If we could end this article saying just that, we'd get down to what we should all be talking about. Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe.
Marilyn MonroeYou can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.
Marilyn MonroeA strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
Marilyn MonroeThe trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
Marilyn MonroeI like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.
Marilyn MonroeThis industry should behave like a mother whose child has just run out in front of a car. But instead of clasping the child to them, they start punishing the child. Like you don't dare get a cold. How dare you get a cold! I mean, the executives can get colds and stay home forever and phone it in, but how dare you, the actor, get a cold or a virus. You know, no one feels worse than the one who's sick. I sometimes wish, gee, I wish they had to act a comedy with a temperature and a virus infection.
Marilyn Monroe