Marilyn Monroe remains one of Hollywood’s most unforgettable icons, not only because of her beauty and screen presence, but because of the tenderness, wit, and vulnerability behind the image. Her words often feel glamorous on the surface, yet deeply human underneath. These Marilyn Monroe Quotes capture her thoughts on love, fame, confidence, heartbreak, beauty, and the strange loneliness that can come with being adored by the world.
Famous Marilyn Monroe Quotes
“I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.”
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”
“If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.”
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”
“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
“It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.”
“A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.”
“I just want to be wonderful.”
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Life
“I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star.”
“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.”
“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.”
“I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.”
“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.”
“I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.”
“People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person.”
“I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven’t had a lesson since.”
“Sometimes I wake up in the night and think, ‘I don’t want to be me.'”
“I’m trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.”
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Love
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.”
“A man being rich is like a girl being pretty. You might not marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but my goodness, doesn’t it help?”
“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”
“I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.”
“Men are climbing to the moon, but they don’t seem interested in the beating human heart.”
“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”
“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.”
“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”
“I want to be loved by you, just you, and nobody else but you.”
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Beauty
“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.”
“Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived.”
“I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”
“I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”
“The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.”
“It’s nice to be included in people’s fantasies, but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”
“To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one.”
“I am trying to prove to myself that I am a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.”
“My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on.”
“I never wanted to be Marilyn. It just happened. Marilyn’s like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.”
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Confidence
“I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden.”
“I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity.”
“I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me.”
“I am alone. I am always alone, no matter what.”
“I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.”
“I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.”
“I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”
“I want to do the best that I can in that moment, when the camera starts, until it stops.”
“I don’t want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.”
“Please don’t make me a joke.”
Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Happiness and Dreams
“Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame.”
“If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle.”
“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”
“The dream of every girl is to be a movie star.”
“There was my name up in lights. I said, ‘God, somebody’s made a mistake.'”
“I used to lie awake at night wondering why I was never anyone’s little girl.”
“I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.”
“Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you’re a human being, you feel, you suffer.”
“An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.”
“I want to be a big star more than anything. It’s something precious.”
Best Short Marilyn Monroe Quotes
“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
“I just want to be wonderful.”
“We are all of us stars.”
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
“I enjoy being a girl.”
“I am trying to find myself.”
“I want to be an artist.”
“Fame is fickle.”
“I am still human.”
“Please don’t make me a joke.”
