Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

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

You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

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.

A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.

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!

I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots

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

You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.

If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell shouldn't schedule a meeting with me before 10am.

I wanna be loved by you, just you, nobody else but you.

Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

By nature, I suppose I have a languorous disposition

The happiest time of my life is now.

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.

There is a future, and I can't wait to get to it

I think to love bravely is the best and accept - as much as one can bear.

I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn't see or hear or touch.

I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!

I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt

I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did.

...I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do.

I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.

I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.

The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.

Jewish men don't know anything.

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.

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

I've always wanted a baby.

My heart belongs to daddy.

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

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

I learned to walk when I was ten months old and I've been walking this way ever since.

They will only care when you're gone.

I think I have always had a little humor.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.