Marilyn Monroe Quotes

The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

That's the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

It’s easier to look sexy when you’re thinking of one man in particular.

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there’s something going on inside them.

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you.

I wanna be loved by you, just you, nobody else but you.

Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

There's no such thing as chance, it's all preordained.Lik e KISMET.

I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.

Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.

Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden

I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.

I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.

Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?

I would have told her then she was the only thing that I could love in this dying world but the simple word "love" itself already died and went away.

Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all

If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.

There are no women who do not like perfume, there are women who have not found their scent.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did.

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

I don't want to be rich, I just want to be loved.

Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?

Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.

This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

Who said nights were for sleep?

Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.

You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.