Marilyn Monroe — "I want to be an artist, not a sex legend."

"If I'm a star, the people made me a star."

"The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape, and then they say, “Gosh, it's Marilyn Monr…"

"People are strange. They are constantly judging. They are constantly comparing. They are constantly criticizing. And they are never satisfied."

"If you're going to treat me like a nut, I'll act like a nut."

"I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me– and that I've made of myself– as a sex symbol."