Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962 ~ actress, sex symbol, pop icon
"This girl had something I hadn't seen since silent pictures. She had a kind of fantastic beauty like Gloria Swanson and she radiated sex like Jean Harlow. She didn't need a soundtrack to tell her story." ~ Leon Shamroy, the cinematographer who shot Marilyn's first screen test
"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't." - Marilyn
"She is a brilliant comedienne, which to me means she also is an extremely skilled actress." ~ Sir Laurence Olivier, co-star of "The Prince and the Showgirl"
"I've learned about living from her. I took her as a serious actress even before I met her. I think she's an adroit comedienne, but I also think she might turn into the greatest tragic actress that can be imagined." ~ Arthur Miller, writer and husband
"Marilyn's a phenomenon of nature, like Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon. All you can do is stand back and be awed by it." ~ Nunnally Johnson, producer of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
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"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else." - Marilyn
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"She was wonderful. We were taught never to clap at the Actors Studio ~ it was like we were in church - and it was the first time I'd ever heard applause there." ~ Kim Stanley, the actress who originated Marilyn's "Bus Stop" role on stage
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"Nobody discovered her, she earned her own way to stardom." ~ Darryl Zanuck, president of 20th Century Fox
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"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else." - Marilyn
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"She was wonderful. We were taught never to clap at the Actors Studio ~ it was like we were in church - and it was the first time I'd ever heard applause there." ~ Kim Stanley, the actress who originated Marilyn's "Bus Stop" role on stage
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"Nobody discovered her, she earned her own way to stardom." ~ Darryl Zanuck, president of 20th Century Fox
''It's all make believe, isn't it?'' - Marilyn Monroe
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"She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the last fifteen years there were ten projects that came to me, and I'd start working on them and I'd think, 'It's not going to work, it needs Marilyn Monroe.' Nobody else is in that orbit; everyone else is earthbound by comparison." ~ Billy Wilder, director of "Some Like it Hot" and "The Seven Year Itch"
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"She went right down into her own personal experience for everything, reached down and pulled something out of herself that was unique and extraordinary. She had no techniques. It was all the truth, it was only Marilyn. But it was Marilyn, plus. She found things, found things about womankind in herself." ~ John Huston, director of "The Asphalt Jungle" and "The Misfits"
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"It stirs up envy, fame does. People...feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you--and it won't hurt your feelings ~ like it's happening to your clothing." - Marilyn
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"I saw that what she looked like was not what she really was, and what was going on inside her was not what was going on outside, and that always means there may be something to work with. In Marilyn's case, the reactions were phenomenal. She can call up emotionally what is required for a scene. Her range is infinite." ~ Lee Strasberg, creator-director of the Actors Studio
"[Hollywood is] a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." ~ Marilyn Munroe
"Marilyn is as near a genius as any actress I ever knew. She is an artist beyond artistry. She is the most completely realized and authentic film actress since Garbo. She has that same unfathomable mysteriousness. She is pure cinema." ~ Joshua Logan, director of "Bus Stop"
"Her quality when photographed is almost of a supernatural beauty." ~ Lee Strasberg
"Marilyn was one step from oblivion when I directed her in The Asphalt Jungle. I remember she impressed me more off the screen than on…there was something touching and appealing about her." ~ John Huston, director of "The Misfits" and "The Asphalt Jungle"
"Her work frightened her, and although she had undoubted talent, I think she had a subconscious resistance to the exercise of being an actress. But she was intrigued by its mystique and happy as a child when being photographed; she managed all the business of stardom with uncanny, clever, apparent ease." ~ Sir Laurence Olivier
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"She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the last fifteen years there were ten projects that came to me, and I'd start working on them and I'd think, 'It's not going to work, it needs Marilyn Monroe.' Nobody else is in that orbit; everyone else is earthbound by comparison." ~ Billy Wilder, director of "Some Like it Hot" and "The Seven Year Itch"
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"She went right down into her own personal experience for everything, reached down and pulled something out of herself that was unique and extraordinary. She had no techniques. It was all the truth, it was only Marilyn. But it was Marilyn, plus. She found things, found things about womankind in herself." ~ John Huston, director of "The Asphalt Jungle" and "The Misfits"
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"It stirs up envy, fame does. People...feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you--and it won't hurt your feelings ~ like it's happening to your clothing." - Marilyn
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"I saw that what she looked like was not what she really was, and what was going on inside her was not what was going on outside, and that always means there may be something to work with. In Marilyn's case, the reactions were phenomenal. She can call up emotionally what is required for a scene. Her range is infinite." ~ Lee Strasberg, creator-director of the Actors Studio
"[Hollywood is] a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." ~ Marilyn Munroe
"Marilyn is as near a genius as any actress I ever knew. She is an artist beyond artistry. She is the most completely realized and authentic film actress since Garbo. She has that same unfathomable mysteriousness. She is pure cinema." ~ Joshua Logan, director of "Bus Stop"
"Her quality when photographed is almost of a supernatural beauty." ~ Lee Strasberg
"Marilyn was one step from oblivion when I directed her in The Asphalt Jungle. I remember she impressed me more off the screen than on…there was something touching and appealing about her." ~ John Huston, director of "The Misfits" and "The Asphalt Jungle"
"Her work frightened her, and although she had undoubted talent, I think she had a subconscious resistance to the exercise of being an actress. But she was intrigued by its mystique and happy as a child when being photographed; she managed all the business of stardom with uncanny, clever, apparent ease." ~ Sir Laurence Olivier
"She was pure of heart. She was free of guile. She never understood either the adoration or the antagonism which she awakened." ~ Edward Wagenknecht
"She had a great natural dignity and was extremely intelligent. She was also exceedingly sensitive." ~ Edith Sitwell, poet
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