""PLEASE DRINK SOME CHAMPAGNE WITH ME, I NEED A FRIEND.""NORMA JEANE MORTENSEN BAKER.""JUNE 1,"1926." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.""I WAS BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF GEMINI...THAT STANDS FOR INTELLECT.""I NEVER EVEN KNEW MY FATHER,...SOMEONE TOLD ME HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN,...BUT LATER I LEARNED THAT HE'd JUST DISAPPEARD."
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE."MY MOTHER:GLADYS PEARL MONROE"(MORTENSON)(BAKER)"
"WE ONLY HAD OUR HOME...
Hmmm...I THINK ONLY 3 MONTHS..BUT THEN..."SHE WAS TAKEN AWAY.""I JUST WANT TO FORGET ABOUT ALL THE UNHAPPINESS...ALL THE MISERY SHE HAD IN HER LIFE, AND I HAD IN MINE...I CAN"T FORGET IT, BUT I'd LIKE TO TRY...
WHEN I AM MARILYN MONROE AND DON'T THINK ABOUT...NORMA JEANE...THEN SOMETIMES IT WORKS.""THIS SAD BITTER CHILD WHO GREW UP...TOO FAST IS HARDLY EVER OUT OF MY HEART.WITH SUCCESS ALL AROUND ME...I CAN STILL FEEL HER FRIGHTENED EYES...LOOKING OUT OF MINE."
"I'LL NEVER FORGET MY FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL."I'd BEEN LIVING WITH AN ENGLISH FAMILY AT THE TIME.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THEY SAID THEY WERE SORRY,
BUT I'd HAVE TO GO BY MYSELF BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING...
I'd BEEN SCARED ALL OF MY SIX YEARS,...
BUT THAT DAY I HIT A NEW LOW.
THE OTHER KIDS HAD A MOTHER OR A FATHER WITH A NICE COMFORTING HAND TO HOLD ON TO WHILE THEY REGISTERED.
I WAS ALONE...WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED ME, WHY ...
MY MOTHER DIDN'T COME WITH ME,...I JUST HID MY FACE AND BAWLED."
"I WAS NEVER HAPPY IN GRADE SCHOOL-I...WENT TO LOTS OF THEM IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.I ALWAYS FELT IN A WAY;I STUTTERED AND THE OTHERS MADE FUN OF ME;THEY ALL HAD THEIR OWN LITTLE GROUPS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT PUSHING MY WAY IN.
"THEY CALLED ME 'NORMA JEAN-THE HUMAN BEAN."
"IM THE HUMAN BEAN ON THE LEFT."LOS ANGELES COUNTY ORPHANAGE."I MAY HAVE BEEN ONLY NINE YEARS OLD,...
BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU NEVER FORGET.
THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND ME JUST CRUMBLED...
WHEN A LITTLE GIRL FEELS LOST AND LONELY AND THAT NOBODY WANTS HER, IT'S SOMETHING SHE NEVER CAN FORGET...
AS LONG AS SHE LIVES."..
"I SOMETIMES TOLD THE OTHER ORPHANS I HAD...
REAL WONDERFUL PARENTS WHO WERE AWAY ON A LONG...
TRIP AND WOULD COME FOR ME ANY TIME,...
AND ONCE I WROTE A POSTCARD TO MYSELF AND SIGNED...
IT FROM MOTHER AND DADDY.
OF COURSE NOBODY BELIEVED IT. BUT I DIDN'T CARE...
I WANTED TO THINK IT WAS TRUE. AND MAYBE IF I ...
THOUGHT IT WAS TRUE IT WOULD COME TRUE.""NORMA JEANE DOUGHERTY""MARRIED JUNE 19,1947.""JAMES DOUGHERTY(JIM)
"MY MARRIAGE BROUGHT ME NEITHER HAPPINESS...NOR PAIN,MY HUSBAND AND I HARDLY SPOKE TO EACH OTHER...THIS WASN'T BECAUSE WE WERE ANGRY,...WE HAD NOTHING TO SAY.""I THINK CHEESECAKE HELPS CALL ATTENTION TO YOU.THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW THROUGH AND PROVE YOURSELF."
| View |"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.""THE THING I"D LIKE THE MOST...IS TO BECOME A
REAL ACTRESS.""I Remember When I Was A Kid At The Movies On Saturday Afternoon."I'd Sit In The Front Row And I'd Think How Wonderful It Would Be...To Be An Actress, You Know.But I Didn't Really Realize About Acting.
"I Appreciated What I Saw.Bad, Good, It Didn't Matter,I Enjoyed It Very Much.Anything That Would Move On The Screen.However, You Know, I Realized More And More...The Responsibility, And As I Say,..."I Would Like To Be A Good Actress.""JOSEPH PAUL DIMAGGIO.".
"I'LL NEVER BE ALONE ANY MORE...NOW THAT I HAVE JOE.""YOU CAN STAND ALMOST ANYTHING AS LONG AS...
AT LEAST ONE PERSON UNDERSTANDS-AND HAS FAITH IN YOU.""WEDDING DAY,JANUARY 14 1954.""I DO NOT KNOW IF I'LL BE MRS AVERAGE,BUT...
I SURE LOVE BEING MRS DIMAGGIO.""A FAMILY COMES BEFORE A CAREER.
ITS THE HIGH POINT OF EVERYTHING AND I WANT SIX KIDS.""I'VE GOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE-JOE...
NOW I WANT TO START A FAMILY.""WE HAD LOTS OF GOOD TIMES, BUT WE ALWAYS ENDED UP FIGHTING. I HAD TO FIGHT WITH EVERYBODY AT THE STUDIO, SO WHY SHOULD I FIGHT AT HOME?""MAYBE I WASN'T MRS DI MAGGIO ANYMORE, BUT HE STILL WANTED ME TO BE HIS GIRL." HE ACTED LIKE HE WAS STILL MY HUSBAND,"
"HE WANTED US TO GET BACK TOGETHER, BUT I WASN'T SURE.""ARTHUR,MILLER."ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PLAYWRIGHTS...OF ALL TIME.""WE MET IN EARLY"1951"
THRUOGH A FRIEND OF MINE.
"MEETING ARTHUR,WAS "LIKE A COOL DRINK WHEN...YOU'VE GOT A FEVER."
"WE'RE SO CONGENIAL.THIS IS THE FIRST TIME...
I'VE BEEN REALLY IN LOVE.ARTHUR IS A SERIOUS MAN.
BUT HE HAS A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR.WE LAUGH AND...
JOKE A LOT.I'M MAD ABOUT HIM.
"KOREA"ENTERTAINING THE BOYS" "1954.""IN KOREA, FOR THE FIRST TIME... IN MY LIFE I FELT LIKE A MOVIE STAR.A REAL MOVIE STAR. IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT HAPPENED-EVER... HAPPENED-TO ME." "FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I HAD THE FEELING... THAT THE PEOPLE SEEING ME WERE ACCEPTING AND... LIKING ME." "YOU FELLOWS DOWN THERE ARE... ALWAYS WHISTLING AT SWEATER GIRLS. WELL, TAKE THEIR SWEATERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?""I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT POLITICS."I'M JUST PAST THE GOODIES AND BADDIES STAGE.THE POLITICAIANS GET AWAY WITH MURDER...BECAUSE MOST AMERICANS DON'T...KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO. LESS EVEN." "I LIKE PEOPLE.THE PUBLIC SCARES ME, BUT PEOPLE I TRUST.""PLEASE HOLD A GOOD THOUGHT FOR ME."LOVE ALWAYS MARILYN."I LOVE CHILDREN.""I ALWAYS WANTED FOUR CHILDREN...TWO OF MY OWN AND TWO ADOPTED.""JOE DIMAGGIO,(ONE) SON,JOE DIMAGGIO JR.""ARTHUR MILLER,(TWO) DAUGHTER,JANE MILLER...AND SON,ROBERT MILLER.""I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THEM."BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM BROKEN HOMES TOO,...AND I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM.I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO THEM THAT I DIDN'T...WANT TO BE THEIR MOTHER OR STEPMOTHER AND SUCH...I JUST WANTED TO BE THEIR FRIEND...I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT,BUT I THINK I LOVE THEM...MORE THAN I LOVE ANYONE.""I Don't Want To Forget You!""Because If It Was'nt For You...Friends Like You!""There Would'nt Be Me!" "NEW FRIENDS AND BLUE SKIES THAT NEVER END." "I WAS AROUND 13 YEARS OLD,DESPITE BEING BORN... AND RAISED ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE OCEAN...I HAD NEVER SEEN IT CLOSE UP BEFORE." I STOOD AND STARED FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING IN A DREAM, FULL OF LAVENDER... COLARS, BLUE AND FOAMING WHITE.I WAS WITH A REAL SOPHISTICATED BEAU HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD... AND THOUGHT I WAS 18 YEARS OLD. MY BEAU WANTED ME TO GET IN THE WATER... I REMOVED MY SLACKS AND SWEATER AND STOOD IN ... MY SKIMPY SUIT I BORROWED AND THOUGHT... "I'M ALMOST NAKED," AND I CLOSED MY EYES AND STOOD STILL." THE YOUNG MEN WHISTLED AT ME. I PAYED NO ATTENTION TO THE WHISTLES AND WHOOPS. IN FACT, I DIDN'T HEAR THEM.I WAS FULL OF A STRANGE FEELING,AS IF I WERE... TWO PEOPLE. ONE OF THEM WAS NORMA JEANE FROM THE ORPHANAGE... WHO BELONGED TO NOBODY.THE OTHER WAS SOMEONE WHOSE NAME I DIDN'T KNOW... BUT I KNEW WHERE SHE BELONGED.......SHE BELONGED TO THE OCEAN AND THE SKY AND.....THE WHOLE WORLD."THE HOTTEST THING IN PICTURES WAS COOLING OFF AGAIN!""THIRTY SIX IS GREAT WHEN KIDS TWELVE... TO SEVENTEEN STILL WHISTLE.""JEAN HARLOW.""LILLIAN RUSSELL." "MARLENE DIETRICH.""THEDA BARA.""THIS PHOTO SESSION WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST... MOMONTS OF MY CAREER."PHOTOGRAPHER..."RICHARD AVEDON.""PHOTOGRAPHER...BERT STERN.""TO LOVE WITHOUT HOPE IS A SAD THING FOR THE HEART.""AS FOR JOE, HOWEVER,I NEVER LOVED ANYONE MORE.""HE WAS GOING TO MAKE MY LIFE DIFFERENT... BETTER, A LOT BETTER.IF I WERE NOTHING BUT A DUMB BLONDE, HE WOULDN'T HAVE MARRIED ME.""I LOVE HIS VOICE, HE'S SO SEXY. WOW!""I HEAR HE MAKES SOME OF THE WORST MOVIES IN MEXICO... BUT WHAT DO I CARE? EVERYTHING ELESE HE DOES IS INCREDIBLE.""GOOD-BYE "NORMA JEAN.""I FEEL THAT BEAUTY AND FEMINITY ARE AGELESS AND CAN'T BE CONTRIVED."
"DOGS NEVER BITE ME, JUST HUMANS."
"HOLLWOOD'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.""FOX STUDIO HAD TO ASSINE 20 GIRLS TO HELP CATCH UP ON THE MONROE FAN MAIL, WHICH HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF 10,000 LETTERS PER MONTH.""GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES."(1953) "HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE."(1953)"WHEN I ASKED THE DIRECTOR WHAT THE MOTIVATION ...FOR MY CHARACTER WAS, HE REPLIED, "YOUR AS BLIND AS A... BAT WITHOUT GLASSES."THAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION." "HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE," PREMIERE)NOVEMBER 4, "1953." ""THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH."(1955) "SOME LIKE IT HOT."(1959")"HE'S NOT A DIRECTOR, HE'S A DICTATOR." "YOU'VE READ THERE WAS SOME ACTOR THAT ONCE SAID ABOUT ME...THAT KISSING ME WAS LIKE KISSING HITLER. WELL,I THINK THAT'S HIS PROBLEM. IF I HAVE TO DO INTIMATE LOVE SCENES WITH SOMEBODY WHO REALLY HAS THESE KINDS OF FEELINGS TOWARD ME,THEN MY FANTASY CAN COME INTO PLAY.IN OTHER WORDS,OUT WITH HIM,IN WITH MY FANTASY.HE WAS NEVER THERE.""GOOD-NIGHT HONEY""LET'S MAKE LOVE."(1960) "THE MISFITS."(1961)"I'M VERY DEFINITELY A WOMAN AND I ENJOY IT!" "HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR WAY... BACK IN THE DARK?" "SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE."(1962)
"I did not particularly like television.I made very few television appearances. In 1957, One of the networks approached my partner at the time, Milton Greene, with a $2,000,000 proposition for a MARILYN MONROE television series. Mr Greene and I declined.MILTON GREENE.MY TV APPEARANCES.ROYAL TRITON OIL COMPANY (commercial) (1950)"The JACK BENNY SHOW" (1953)"PERSON TO PERSON" (1955) "SOMETIMES I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER TO AVOID OLD AGE,TO DIE YOUNG,BUT THEN YOU'D NEVER CONPLETE YOUR LIFE,WOULD YOU?YOUD NEVER WHOLLY KNOW YOURSELF."
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"MY CHILDHOOD HEROES."WERE THE STARS I SAW ON THE SCREEN...AT SATURDAY MATINEES."JOAN CRAWFORD.BETTY DAVIS.GRETA GARBO.GLORIA SWANSON.MARLENE DIETRICHJEAN HARLOW.CLARK GABLE.As for MR Gable, ever since I was a little girl, I had dreamed that the handsome Actor with the dashing mustache was my Father.
"THE MOST OUTSTANDING MEN."MARLON BRANDO.MICHAEL CHEKHOV.JHON HUSTON.JERRY LEWIS.ARTHUR MILLER.JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.LEE STRASBERG. A Man I Truely Admire."MY ACTING HEROES."Italian stage Actress ELEANORA DUSE.CHARACTER ACTORS:WILL ROGERS.MARIE DRESSLER.
"As soon as I looked at them, I paid attention because I knew: They've lived;
they've learned.""MEN OF GENIUS AND INTEGRITY"ALBERT EINSTEIN.CARL SANDBURG.LINCOLN STEFFENS.ABRAHAM LINCOLN."My Father is Abraham Lincolin-I mean I think of Lincoln as my Father. He was wise and kind and good.""I'm looking forward to eventually becoming a marvelous-Excuse the word marvelous-Character Actress...MARILYN""I KNEW JUDY GARLAND AND...LOVED HER DEARLY.""I ASKED HER FOR HELP!"...ONE NIGHT AT A PARTY AT CLIFTON WEBB'S HOUSE...
I FOLLOWED JUDY FROM ROOM TO ROOM.
"I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM YOU...I'M SCARED,"JUDY SAID...
"WE'RE ALL SCARED...I'M SCARED TOO.""I'M A BIG FAN OF JUDY GARLAND...I LOVED HER FINE SINGING VOICE...I LOVE TO LISTEN TO GARLAND SONGS..."WHO CARES!" IS A PERTICULAR FAVORITE,...AND JUDYS CLASSIC SONG "OVER THE RAINBOW.""FAME WILL GO BY AND, SO LONG, I'VE HAD YOU, FAME...
SO, AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING I'VE EXPERIENCED, BUT...
THAT'S NOT WHERE I LIVE!"
LOVE ALWAYS MARILYN."I NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD IT-THIS SEX SYMBOL-
I ALWAYS THOUGHT SYMBOLS WERE THOSE THINGS YOU CLASH...
TOGETHER! THATS THE TROUBLE,A SEX SYMBOL IS A THING.BUT...IF I'M GOING TO BE THE SYMBOL OF SOMETHING,...
I'D RATHER HAVE IT SEX THAN SOME OTHER THINGS THEY'VE...
GOT SYMBOLS OF!""IT MIGHT BE KIND OF A RELIEF TO BE FINISHED.""HERE LIES MARILYN MONROE,38-23-36.""BUT...THEY'LL REMEMBER ME!""REMEMBER NOW, CHEERS, NO TEARS..."