identity Quotes

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

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.

Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever.

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

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

How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

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