Marilyn Monroe Quotes


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.


Citations

Meryman, Richard. "Marilyn Monroe Pours Out Her Soul." Life, 3 Aug. 1962, pp. 30-38.

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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
  • Born: June 1, 1926
  • Died: August 4, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actress, Model, Singer

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2019) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, she continues to be a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Monroe sixth on its list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.