Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
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Blond hair and breasts, that's how I got started. I couldn't act. All I had was blond hair and a body men liked. The reason I got ahead is that I was lucky and met the right men.Marilyn Monroe
I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.
Marilyn Monroe
I always felt I was nobody and the only way for me to be somebody was to be... well, somebody else.
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A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin
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Even though I was born there, I still can't think of one good thing to say about it. If I close my eyes, and picture LA, all I see is one big varicose vein.
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