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" I wish I knew why I am so anguished. "
Marilyn Monroe
I Wish
Wish
Why
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" If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them. "
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" I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me. "
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" I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. "
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" Friends accept you the way you are. "
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" I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen. "
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" I don't digest things with my mind. "
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" Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world. "
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" I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. "
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Famous
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" I want the world to see my body. "
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" It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired. "
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Someone
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" There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you. "
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Romantic
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Public
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Make Believe
Make
" Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out. "
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Human
Control
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