If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself.

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

I doubt if any doctor could recommend a more nourishing breakfast for a working girl in a hurry.

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?

What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

Everyones childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

Important people are much more interesting when they are drunk and seem much more like human beings.

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

I don't think sun-tanned skin is any more attractive than white skin, or any healthier, for that matter

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

Next to my husband and along with Marlon Brando, Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met.

I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

I’ve given pure sex appeal very little thought. If I had to think about it I’m sure it would frighten me.

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell shouldn't schedule a meeting with me before 10am.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside".

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.

We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.

I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.

I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did.

Creativity starts with humanity when were being human we feel - joys, sadness, when we're sick, when we're nervous

I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health.

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.

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