"My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?"
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"Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever."
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"Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion."
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"I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work."
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"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."
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"Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it."
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"I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another - it shows an inner life. I like to see that there’s something going on inside them."
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"People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't."
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"I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror."
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"Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him."
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"But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium."
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"As long as I can remember, I've always loved people."
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"Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living."
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"I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife."
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"Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman."
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"There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there."
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"What I’ve learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you’ll find that you put the time in. You won’t just ask somebody if it’s a good idea, you’ll go figure out if it’s a good idea."
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"A sure sign of failure for a startup is when someone sends me logo-embroidered polo shirts. If your people are at shows and in public, it's okay to buy for your own employees, but if you really think people are going to wear your branded polo when they're out and about, you are mistaken and have no idea how to spend your money."
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"If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return."
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"Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it. There are always going to be things we love to do. That we dream about doing. That we really, really want to do with our lives. Those passions aren't worth a nickel."
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