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Marilyn Monroe Quotes
«That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Hate,
Sex
| Keywords:
sex symbol, some other, symbol, symbols
«In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned do»
«Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Sex
| Keywords:
bewilder, bewildered, heavy, load, sex symbol, symbol
«My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress, I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Actors and acting,
Learning,
Talent
| Keywords:
actress, cheap, illusions, rate, The Actress, third rate, wearing
«Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| Keywords:
belonging, demanded, earthbound, protesting, remaining, twinkle, twinkling, unfortunately
«If I play a stupid girl, and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through. What am I supposed to do, look intelligent?»
«I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted. I did sort of think, you know, marriage did that. You see, I was brought up differently from the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy - that's it, successful, happy, and on time.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Happiness,
Marriage
| Keywords:
differently, expecting, granted, on time
«Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties...the ladies would gang up in a corner and discuss my dangerous character.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
corner, discuss, frightened, gang, gangs, gang up, ladies, party man, spoke, sweetie, wives