Marilyn Monroe Quotes

“I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.”

“I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.”

“I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.”

“I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.”

“I'm trying to find myself. Sometimes it's not that easy.”

“Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn.”

“Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.”

“Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.”

“I read poetry to save time.”

“I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.”

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”

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

“No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.”

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

“You know, most people really don't know me.”

“It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.”

“When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.”

“I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. ... I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What, with what makeup, costume and camera can do, my acting will create a Juliet who is 14, an innocent virgin.”

“It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde.”

“The sky is not the limit. Your mind is”

“Creativity starts with humanity when were being human we feel - joys, sadness, when we're sick, when we're nervous”

“I don't want to play sex roles any more. I'm tired of being known as the girl with the shape.”

“Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.”

“I didn't pay much attention to the whistles and whoops, in fact, I didn't quite hear them. I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody; the other was someone whose name I didn't know. But I knew where she belonged; she belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world.”

“Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there that I am afraid of, or hiding? Maybe your libido!”