Perce:
So what I want to know... what I want to know is: who do you depend on?
Roslyn: I don't know. Maybe all there really is is just the next thing. The next thing that happens. Maybe you're not supposed to remember anybody's promises.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Roslyn Taber) in The Misfits
Roslyn: I don't know. Maybe all there really is is just the next thing. The next thing that happens. Maybe you're not supposed to remember anybody's promises.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Roslyn Taber) in The Misfits
George Loomis:
You smell like a dime store. I know what that means.
Rose Loomis: Sure. I'm meeting somebody, just anybody handy, as long as he's a man! How 'bout the ticket seller himself? I could grab him on the way out, or one of the kids with the phonograph. Anybody suits me. Take your pick.
--Marilyn Monroe (as ) in Niagara
Rose Loomis: Sure. I'm meeting somebody, just anybody handy, as long as he's a man! How 'bout the ticket seller himself? I could grab him on the way out, or one of the kids with the phonograph. Anybody suits me. Take your pick.
--Marilyn Monroe (as ) in Niagara
Guido:
She wasn't like any other woman. Stood by me 100%, uncomplaining as a tree.
Roslyn: Maybe that's what killed her.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Roslyn Taber) in The Misfits
Roslyn: Maybe that's what killed her.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Roslyn Taber) in The Misfits
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker:
I still wish you was goin' back to the ranch with me more than anything I know.
Cherie: You do?
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Yeah, I do.
Cherie: I'd go anywhere in the world with you now. Anywhere at all!
--Marilyn Monroe (as Cherie) in Bus Stop
Cherie: You do?
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Yeah, I do.
Cherie: I'd go anywhere in the world with you now. Anywhere at all!
--Marilyn Monroe (as Cherie) in Bus Stop
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker:
Well, I've been thinkin' about them other fellas, Cherry. And well, what I mean is, I like you the way you are, so what do I care how you got that way?
Cherie: Bo!
[crying]
Cherie: That's the sweetest, tenderest thing anyone ever said to me.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Cherie) in Bus Stop
Cherie: Bo!
[crying]
Cherie: That's the sweetest, tenderest thing anyone ever said to me.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Cherie) in Bus Stop
Amanda Dell:
I just adore his asking for more but my heart belongs to daddy.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
Amanda Dell:
Listen. There used to be an actor. He played Abraham Lincoln for so many years - this is true - he grew his own beard. He went around in a shawl and you know what they used to say? 'He looks like Lincoln. He talks like Lincoln. But he won't be satisfied until he gets shot!'
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
Amanda Dell:
My name is... Lolita... and uh... I'm not supposed to... play... with boys!
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
Amanda Dell:
No. Don't turn TV on. Instead just turn me on. I light up like NEON. Just a tiny section of your affection in my direction will do. Ooh.
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
--Marilyn Monroe (as Amanda Dell) in Let's Make Love
