Marilyn Monroe

When I was five, I think, that’s when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn’t like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.

Marilyn Monroe

When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.

Marilyn Monroe

When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both, it’s health.

Marilyn Monroe

When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true – because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.

Marilyn Monroe

When you’re a failure in Hollywood, that’s like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.

Marilyn Monroe

When you’re famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

Marilyn Monroe

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

Marilyn Monroe

You can’t sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.

Marilyn Monroe

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.

Marilyn Monroe

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman but loose enough to show you’re a lady

Marilyn Monroe