Quote #13

The studio people want me to do 'Good-bye Charlie' for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body - you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.

More from Marilyn Monroe

  1. I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
  2. First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
  3. That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather it be sex than some of the thing…
  4. Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
  5. I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
  6. The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
  7. Why? - It paid the rent.
  8. Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

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