Marilyn Monroe:

I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead, they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.

— Marilyn Monroe Modern

Hollywood icon

Context

Interview with Richard Meryman, Life Magazine, 1962

Date / Period

1962

Source

https://books.google.com/books?id=QkAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98

Verification

Confirmed

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

2 sources

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