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"Always joyful, witty, fun loving and serious about acting - with a terrific desire to learn, to know about the arts, the theater, her craft, to read good books, to read poetry and try to reach the ecstacy  of poetic thoughts." Sam Shaw on Marilyn Monroe. Fotos Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe Death, Happy Birthday Sam, Muse, Family Archives, Fox Studios, Sam Sam, Glamour, Norma Jeane
"Always joyful, witty, fun loving and serious about acting - with a terrific desire to learn, to know about the arts, the theater, her craft, to read good books, to read poetry and try to reach the ecstacy of poetic thoughts." Sam Shaw on Marilyn Monroe.
"I think about Marilyn a lot now and I wonder if there's a heaven if we'll be together. She had all the beauty that God could bestow but then He took it away. He let us live and He took Marilyn away... I loved Marilyn." Shelley Winters on Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Photos, Marylin Monroe, Vintage Hollywood, Classic Hollywood, Selena, Shelley Winters, Becoming An Actress, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globes
"I think about Marilyn a lot now and I wonder if there's a heaven if we'll be together. She had all the beauty that God could bestow but then He took it away. He let us live and He took Marilyn away... I loved Marilyn." Shelley Winters on Marilyn Monroe.
"She saw herself drowning in Hollywood in 1955 and told her studio, 'I'm not just wiggling my behind.' Marilyn is not any one thing; she's multidimensional. As an actress, she has lots of imitators- but only Marilyn survives." Eli Wallach on Marilyn Monroe. Joven Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe Fan Art, Marilyn Monroe Fotos, Young Marilyn Monroe, Vintage Hollywood Glamour, Old Hollywood, Joe Dimaggio, Actor Studio
"She saw herself drowning in Hollywood in 1955 and told her studio, 'I'm not just wiggling my behind.' Marilyn is not any one thing; she's multidimensional. As an actress, she has lots of imitators- but only Marilyn survives." Eli Wallach on Marilyn Monroe.
"Marilyn is as near a genius as any actress I ever knew. She is an artist beyond artistry. She is the most completely realized and authentic film actress since Garbo. She has that same unfathomable mysteriousness. She is pure cinema. One of the most unappreciated people in the world." Joshua Logan on Marilyn Monroe. Beverly Hills, Candle In The Wind, Fake Pictures, Bus Stop, Sex Symbol
"Marilyn is as near a genius as any actress I ever knew. She is an artist beyond artistry. She is the most completely realized and authentic film actress since Garbo. She has that same unfathomable mysteriousness. She is pure cinema. One of the most unappreciated people in the world." Joshua Logan on Marilyn Monroe.
"It was after she said that she wanted to be in The Brothers Karamazov that she started going to the Actors Studio School in New York. She didn't do it for publicity. She is sincerely trying to improve herself, and I think that she should be admired for that. She could have sat her in Hollywood on her pretty little can and collected all the money any ordinary actress would ever want, but she keeps trying." Billy Wilder on Marilyn Monroe. Nickolas Muray, Liz Smith, Billy Wilder, Richard Avedon, Blonde Bombshell
"It was after she said that she wanted to be in The Brothers Karamazov that she started going to the Actors Studio School in New York. She didn't do it for publicity. She is sincerely trying to improve herself, and I think that she should be admired for that. She could have sat her in Hollywood on her pretty little can and collected all the money any ordinary actress would ever want, but she keeps trying." Billy Wilder on Marilyn Monroe.
"It's difficult to write about Marilyn Monroe now that she is gone. She was too acutely alive. I knew her and was very fond of her. She was a strange, tormented, endearing girl, full of fun - a bravado fun, as though daring death to strike her down. What can we say who saw her living in that shadow-land of loveless Hollywood? She who had such love in her heart - love for people, animals, birds, trees - had to die for lack of it?" Norman Rosten on Marilyn Monroe. Estilo Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood Icons, Hollywood Glamour, Hollywood Stars
"It's difficult to write about Marilyn Monroe now that she is gone. She was too acutely alive. I knew her and was very fond of her. She was a strange, tormented, endearing girl, full of fun - a bravado fun, as though daring death to strike her down. What can we say who saw her living in that shadow-land of loveless Hollywood? She who had such love in her heart - love for people, animals, birds, trees - had to die for lack of it?" Norman Rosten on Marilyn Monroe.
"There are people so vivid in life that they seem not to disappear when they die, and for many weeks I found myself having to come about and force myself to encounter the fact that Marilyn had ended. I realized that I still, even then, expected to meet her once more, somewhere, sometime, and maybe talk sensibly about all the foolishness we had been through - in which case I would probably have fallen in love with her again." Arthur Miller on Marilyn Monroe. Golden Age Of Hollywood, Hollywood Actresses, Marilyn Monroe Life, It's All Happening
"There are people so vivid in life that they seem not to disappear when they die, and for many weeks I found myself having to come about and force myself to encounter the fact that Marilyn had ended. I realized that I still, even then, expected to meet her once more, somewhere, sometime, and maybe talk sensibly about all the foolishness we had been through - in which case I would probably have fallen in love with her again." Arthur Miller on Marilyn Monroe.
"We all felt we had to take care of her a little bit. I’m anti-studio and I used to tell her, “Don’t let them push you around.” To them, she was a commodity. We were both rebels of a kind. She was always looking to be loved by somebody. There were a lot of leeches in her life. I’m not saying who they are." Lauren Bacall on Marilyn Monroe. Vieux Hollywood Glamour, Hollywood Fashion, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart
"We all felt we had to take care of her a little bit. I’m anti-studio and I used to tell her, “Don’t let them push you around.” To them, she was a commodity. We were both rebels of a kind. She was always looking to be loved by somebody. There were a lot of leeches in her life. I’m not saying who they are." Lauren Bacall on Marilyn Monroe.
"Marilyn was definitely something special. I enjoyed working with her. I liked her very much. We got along great. And I knew that she had problems and that she was not very happy. We were quite close but not close enough for her to discuss any problems she could have had at the time we made "Some Like It Hot". She was a very troubled woman but with a big heart. Nobody could have played Sugar Kane better than Marilyn Monroe. She had a magic on film." Jack Lemmon on Marilyn Monroe. Film Jack, Fav Celebs, Celebrities, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Some Like It Hot, Iconic Women
"Marilyn was definitely something special. I enjoyed working with her. I liked her very much. We got along great. And I knew that she had problems and that she was not very happy. We were quite close but not close enough for her to discuss any problems she could have had at the time we made "Some Like It Hot". She was a very troubled woman but with a big heart. Nobody could have played Sugar Kane better than Marilyn Monroe. She had a magic on film." Jack Lemmon on Marilyn Monroe.
"She signed autographs, but didn't stop walking. People started to converge. I started to panic; the bile rose in my throat. Boy, did she handle herself well. She said to me, 'Walk faster. Don't look right or left.' She signed the entire time until we were at a break-run. Finally, we got inside her trailer and slammed the door. Outside, they were clawing to get in, trying to climb through the windows!" Eileen Heckart on Marilyn Monroe. Betty Field, Tom Ewell, Film Noir
"She signed autographs, but didn't stop walking. People started to converge. I started to panic; the bile rose in my throat. Boy, did she handle herself well. She said to me, 'Walk faster. Don't look right or left.' She signed the entire time until we were at a break-run. Finally, we got inside her trailer and slammed the door. Outside, they were clawing to get in, trying to climb through the windows!" Eileen Heckart on Marilyn Monroe.
“She told me very tearfully she had lost her mother, and that, just like the chorus girls of the story, she knew what social ostracism was like. Marilyn was the sort of girl you instinctively wanted to protect, even though she obviously had brains and probably didn’t need much protection.” Adele Jergens on Marilyn Monroe. Glamour Hollywoodien, Old Hollywood Glamour, Mike Todd, Lady, Actrices Hollywood
“She told me very tearfully she had lost her mother, and that, just like the chorus girls of the story, she knew what social ostracism was like. Marilyn was the sort of girl you instinctively wanted to protect, even though she obviously had brains and probably didn’t need much protection.” Adele Jergens on Marilyn Monroe.
"It may sound peculiar to say so, because she is no longer with us, but we were very close. Once when we were doing that picture 'How to Marry a Millionaire' together, I got a call on the set: my younger daughter had had a fall. I ran home and the one person to call was Marilyn. She did an awful lot to boost things up for movies when everything was at a low state; there'll never be anyone like her for looks, for attitude, for all of it." Betty Grable on Marilyn Monroe. American Actress, Deauville, Picture, Comic Character, Bombshells, Past Life, Female Actresses, Singers
"It may sound peculiar to say so, because she is no longer with us, but we were very close. Once when we were doing that picture 'How to Marry a Millionaire' together, I got a call on the set: my younger daughter had had a fall. I ran home and the one person to call was Marilyn. She did an awful lot to boost things up for movies when everything was at a low state; there'll never be anyone like her for looks, for attitude, for all of it." Betty Grable on Marilyn Monroe.
"She had a mind out of the ordinary for show people. I found her fairly well read. She knew I had an appreciation of her from two angles. First as a personality and then as an actress. She was not the usual movie idol. There was something democratic about her. Why, she was the type who would join in and wash the supper dishes even if you didn't ask her. She would have interested me even if she had no record as a great actress.'' Carl Sandburg on Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe 1962, In Hollywood, Hollywood California, New York
"She had a mind out of the ordinary for show people. I found her fairly well read. She knew I had an appreciation of her from two angles. First as a personality and then as an actress. She was not the usual movie idol. There was something democratic about her. Why, she was the type who would join in and wash the supper dishes even if you didn't ask her. She would have interested me even if she had no record as a great actress.'' Carl Sandburg on Marilyn Monroe.
"I remember this actor, Tommy Noonan, who had to do a kissing scene with her, and afterwards some guy asked: 'You've just kissed Marilyn. What was it like?' And Tommy replied: 'It was like being swallowed alive.' Marilyn overheard that and ran crying to her dressing room. She was a pretty girl, she wasn't a dumb blonde." Jane Russell on Marilyn Monroe. Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Stars D'hollywood
"I remember this actor, Tommy Noonan, who had to do a kissing scene with her, and afterwards some guy asked: 'You've just kissed Marilyn. What was it like?' And Tommy replied: 'It was like being swallowed alive.' Marilyn overheard that and ran crying to her dressing room. She was a pretty girl, she wasn't a dumb blonde." Jane Russell on Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe, Carson McCullers and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) in February 1959. Caron McCuller's biographer Virginia Carr wrote that “according to Carson, Miss Monroe had wonderfully admirable attributes.” Though Carr did not define these qualities, they included human warmth and the capacity for friendship. Karen Blixen, Capote, Brigitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Greta
Marilyn Monroe, Carson McCullers and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) in February 1959. Caron McCuller's biographer Virginia Carr wrote that “according to Carson, Miss Monroe had wonderfully admirable attributes.” Though Carr did not define these qualities, they included human warmth and the capacity for friendship.
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there every night. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman, a little ahead of her times.” Ella Fitgerald on Marilyn Monroe. Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Film, Divas, Hollywood Night, Frank Sinatra
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there every night. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman, a little ahead of her times.” Ella Fitgerald on Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen, author of "Out of Africa"), February 1959. Robert Redford, Aldous Huxley, Nyack New York, Study Trips, Peter Beard, Tv Anchors, Out Of Africa
Marilyn Monroe and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen, author of "Out of Africa"), February 1959.
"She's a dear, and she's the most charming person. She's got a wonderful instinct, you know. I don't think she takes direction very well, but then I don't see why she should. Laurence Olivier wanted her to do certain things that one would say 'leave her alone!' She is married to the camera. She's a darling girl. I never found any difficulties with her, I don't know if anybody has, I think they must be difficult themselves." Dame Sybil Thorndike on Marilyn Monroe. Milton Greene
"She's a dear, and she's the most charming person. She's got a wonderful instinct, you know. I don't think she takes direction very well, but then I don't see why she should. Laurence Olivier wanted her to do certain things that one would say 'leave her alone!' She is married to the camera. She's a darling girl. I never found any difficulties with her, I don't know if anybody has, I think they must be difficult themselves." Dame Sybil Thorndike on Marilyn Monroe.
"She was brought to see me in Hollywood, and I thought her a very nice girl. I thought that she has been disgracefully treated, most unchivalrously treated. She had an unfortunate attraction for extremely unpleasant men, who she avoided assiduously, I have seen her do that. She behaved like a lady." Dame Edith Sitwell on Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Poster, Gerson, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Oppenheimer, Very Good Girls, Nice Girl, Cecil Beaton
"She was brought to see me in Hollywood, and I thought her a very nice girl. I thought that she has been disgracefully treated, most unchivalrously treated. She had an unfortunate attraction for extremely unpleasant men, who she avoided assiduously, I have seen her do that. She behaved like a lady." Dame Edith Sitwell on Marilyn Monroe.