Marilyn Monroe

There is a need for aloneness, which I don’t think most people realise for an actor. It’s almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you’ll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you’re acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like sort of a chunk of you.

Marilyn Monroe

There was my name up in lights. I said, ‘God, somebody’s made a mistake.’ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‘Remember, you’re not a star.’ Yet there it was up in lights.

Marilyn Monroe

There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos.

Marilyn Monroe

They will only care when you’re gone.

Marilyn Monroe

They’ve said I want to direct pictures. I couldn’t direct traffic.

Marilyn Monroe

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.

Marilyn Monroe

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

Marilyn Monroe

Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.

Marilyn Monroe

We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.

Marilyn Monroe

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

Marilyn Monroe