"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent."
Marilyn Monroe"Nothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers."
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"Fame is like caviar, you know—it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal."
Marilyn Monroe"Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection."
Marilyn Monroe"I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle."
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."
Marilyn Monroe"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."
Marilyn Monroe"That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing."
Marilyn Monroe"But when you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way."
Marilyn Monroe"First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress."
Marilyn Monroe"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
Marilyn Monroe"I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes."
Marilyn Monroe"Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you."
Marilyn Monroe"Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered."
Marilyn Monroe"I never wanted to be Marilyn—it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane."
Marilyn Monroe