Milton Greene: That's what she does, she breaks hearts. She'll break yours.
Colin Clark: I don't want your advice.
Marilyn Monroe: Why do the people I love always leave me?
Marilyn Monroe: Forgive my horrible face.
Sir Laurence Olivier: She's quite wonderful. No training, no craft, no guile, just pure instinct. Astonishing.
Colin Clark: You should tell her that.
Sir Laurence Olivier: Oh, I will. But she won't believe me. That's probably what makes her great, but it's certainly what makes her so profoundly unhappy.
Lady Jane Clark: We're talking about the difference between the truth and artificial crap.
Sir Laurence Olivier: We're in absolute agreement. Acting is all about truth, and if you can fake that, you'll have a jolly good career.
Marilyn Monroe: I want this to be the perfect date. I haven't had a real date since I was 13 years old.
Dame Sybil Thorndike: She should use more mascara. When one is young, one should use a lot of mascara. When one is old, they should use much more.
Colin Clark: It's agony because he's a great actor who wants to be a film star, and you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. This film won't help either of you.
Marilyn Monroe: All people ever see is Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realise I'm not her, they run.
Sir Laurence Olivier: Remember boy, when it comes to women, you're never too old for humiliation.
Marilyn Monroe: Little girls should be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.
Dame Sybil Thorndike: First love is such sweet despair, Colin.
Colin Clark: Let me protect you from all this.
Marilyn Monroe: What are you gonna do? Marry me?
Colin Clark: Why not? You could quit this. Forget Marilyn Monroe. Forget Hollywood. Let it all go. Just let it go.
Marilyn Monroe: I couldn't just give it up.
Colin Clark: Why not? Why not when it drives you crazy?
Marilyn Monroe: You think I'm crazy?
Colin Clark: I just meant you could be happy.
Marilyn Monroe: I am happy.
Colin Clark: ...Of course you're happy. You're the biggest star in the world.
Arthur Jacobs: Marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in bed but Perfume?
Marilyn Monroe: Darling, as I'm in England let's say I sleep in nothing but Yardley's lavender.
Sir Laurence Olivier: Marilyn, my darling, you are an angel and I kiss the hem of your garment but why can't you get here on time for the love of fuck?
Marilyn Monroe: Oh, you have that word in England too, ha?
Roger Smith: Looking a couple of inches taller than when I first saw you.
Marilyn Monroe: Don't forget me.
Colin Clark: As if I could.
