| Marilyn Quotes |
| "I want to feel blonde all over." |
| "I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night-there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."~MM on her early aspirations |
| "No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't." |
| "I hear you're looking for a sexy blonde to play with the Marx Brothers. Would you like to see me? I'm blonde and sexy."~MM to Lester Cowan on the casting of Love Happy,1949 |
| "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. I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people." |
| "It isn't necessary to use your voice in any way [to sound sexy]. If you think something sexy the voice just naturally goes along." |
| "It's like salt on a steak. All you need is a little bit of it."~MM on jealousy,1952 |
| "What do I wear to bed? Why, Chanel No.5, of course."~MM 1952 |
| "If I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did." |
| "A photagrapher once told me that my two best points are between my waist and neck." |
| "I am not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful." |
| "I want to continue my growth in every way." |
| "I don't mind this being a man's world-as long as I can be a woman in it." |
| "Dogs never bite me. Just humans."~MM to Truman Capote |
| "I have a very big head, you know. Nothing in it, of course, but a big head."~MM joking to a hat maker,1962 |
| "I've never been in a Hollywood fight or feud. I have the most wonderful memory for forgetting things."~MM to Sidney Skolsky |
| "I am trying to prove to myself that I am a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I am an actress."~MM 1962 |
| "Can you imagine me as first lady?"~MM to Bob Slatzer,1962 |
| "I have never been very good at being a member of any group-more that a group of two, that is."~MM 1962 |
| "I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me because of the image they've made of me and that I've made of myself, as a sex symbol. Men expect so much, and I can't live up to it. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other's woman's. I can't live up to it."~MM to Peter Levathes,1962 |
| "I always sleep with my mouth open. I know becuase it's open when I wake up." |
| "It's nice to be included in people's fantasies, but you also like to be accepted for your own sake."~MM 1962 |
| "I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden. We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift." MM 1962 |
| "The most unsatisfactory men are those who pride themselves on their virility and regard sex as if it were some form of athletics at which you win cups. It is a woman's spirit and mood a man has to stimulate in order to make sex interesting. The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes or just by staring into space." |
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