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

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

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

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

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

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.