Top 184 Quotes by Marilyn Monroe

About Marilyn Monroe

These are some quotes by American author Marilyn Monroe Actress, who lived between June 1, 1926 and August 5, 1962.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

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

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

Marilyn Monroe

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

Marilyn Monroe

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

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

Marilyn Monroe

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

Marilyn Monroe

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

Marilyn Monroe

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

Marilyn Monroe

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

Marilyn Monroe

What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

Marilyn Monroe

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