When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.
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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 always sleep with my mouth open. I know because it's open when I wake up.
Marilyn Monroe
I always felt insecure and in the way but most of all I felt scared. I guess I wanted love more than anything else in the world.
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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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If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.
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There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
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