"My illusions didn't have anything to do..." - Quote by Marilyn Monroe
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!
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“A career is born in public - talent in privacy.”
“I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”
“I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
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“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?”
“Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you're going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you're satisfied with it.”
“I like talking. I like acting.”