Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.
Marilyn MonroeIt might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again. But I believe youโre always as good as your potential. I now live in my work and in a few relationships with the few people I can really count on. Fame will go by, and, so long, Iโve had you fame. If it goes by, Iโve always known it was fickle. So at least itโs something I experienced, but thatโs not where I live.
Marilyn MonroeImportant people are much more interesting when they are drunk and seem much more like human beings.
Marilyn MonroeHollywood parties not only confuse me, but they often disillusion me. The disillusion comes when I meet a movie star Iโve been admiring since childhood. I always thought that movie stars were exciting and talented people full of special personality. Meeting one of them at a party I discover usually that he (or she) is colorless and even frightened. Iโve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.
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