11 Marilyn Monroe Quotes on Career

Marilyn Monroe quotes on career

10. I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

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.

14. First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

19. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

25. A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

28. 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.

39. I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself.

47. I've never liked the name Marilyn. I've often wished that I had held out that day for Jean Monroe. But I guess it's too late to do anything about it now.

61. People ask me if I am going on making cheesecake pictures now that I'm a star. My answer is that as long as there is a boy in Korea who wants a pinup of me, I'll go on posing for them.

65. Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

70. You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.