People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.

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.

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

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

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.