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.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

Marilyn Monroe

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

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

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

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

Marilyn Monroe

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

Marilyn Monroe

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

Marilyn Monroe

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Marilyn Monroe

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

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

Marilyn Monroe

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

Marilyn Monroe

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.

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.

Marilyn Monroe

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