A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
— Marilyn Monroe
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.
A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
Dogs never bite me - just humans.
It's all make believe, isn't it?
If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
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.
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
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 trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
I restore myself when I'm alone.
I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
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.
It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
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.
I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
