#marilyn monroe

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#could #entire #ever #everyone #filled

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#charles #even #find #her #his

Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#angels #being #complicated #demons #edge

You constantly felt like you wanted to protect her and that you wanted to save her and that's what made her attractive more so to women than even to men. That's why she's still with us. Marilyn Monroe never offended a woman. ↗

— Lawrence Schiller

#constantly #even #felt #her #like

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#bette davis #davis #grew #i #marilyn

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#marilyn #marilyn monroe #monroe #pretend #really

I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#i #i always #jane #jean #loved

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#aspects #been #certain #drawn #her

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#kill #killing #marilyn #marilyn monroe #monroe

I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#glamorous #her #i #like #love