Happy Birthday

"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a a thing."


~ MM

Failure

"When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy." ~MM

Men

"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them." ~MM

Talent

"A career is born in public, talent in privacy." ~MM

Christmas Eve

"Who said nights were for sleep?" ~MM

Crazy?

"They think I'm crazy, but trust me, I'm 100 percent there." ~MM

Being Yourself

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are" ~MM

Play-Acting

"Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me." ~MM

Doubletime

"I have never been very good at being a member of any group -- more than a group of two, that is." ~MM

Incorporated

“I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.”~MM

Meant To Be Seen

"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up." ~MM

High Heels

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!" ~MM

Best/Worst

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ~MM

Hollywood

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." ~MM

Definitely a Woman

"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. " ~MM

Foundation

"To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation." ~MM

Creativity

"I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. ... Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy,' you know? And it's really true. ... 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." ~MM

Jokes

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one." ~MM

Cleavage

"The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any." ~MM

Belonging

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else." ~MM