My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Michelle Williams: Marilyn Monroe

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• Marilyn Monroe : Little girls should be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.

• Marilyn Monroe : Do you know I've been married three times already? How did that happen?

  Colin Clark : You were just looking for the right man.

  Marilyn Monroe : They always look right at the start.

• 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?

• 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.

• Marilyn Monroe : I want this to be the perfect date. I haven't had a real date since I was 13 years old.

• Marilyn Monroe : All people ever see is Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run.

• Marilyn Monroe : Shall I be her?

• Marilyn Monroe : Don't forget me.

  Colin Clark : As if I could.

• Marilyn Monroe : Thank you for being on my side.

• Colin Clark : You're right, we have to forget all this. From now on I am just the third assistant director and we will never look at each other again.

  Marilyn Monroe : Maybe just a wink... once in a while.

  Colin Clark : [He looks at her, smiles a small sad smile and leaves] 

• 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.

• Marilyn Monroe : Why do the people I love always leave me?

• Marilyn Monroe : Oh, I didn't know it was so pretty out here.

  Colin Clark : You should get out more. You should see the sights.

  Marilyn Monroe : Oh, I am the sights.

• Marilyn Monroe : Forgive my horrible face.

• Marilyn Monroe : I have something in my eye.

• Marilyn Monroe : I can't do this. I can't.

  Paula Strasberg : Yes you can. Yes you can. You can do it. You can't fail. You will have more pain and you will suffer more but you will create. All you need is time. Think about the things you like, instead of him. Frank Sinatra. Coca Cola. Use your substitutions and make it work for you.

• Vivien Leigh : Larry tells me you are quite, quite superb. I am wild with jealousy.

  Marilyn Monroe : But everyone says you were a wonderful Elsie on stage.

  Vivien Leigh : Oh, but I'm too old to play her in the film. Larry was quite brutal about that. You see, the truth is all that matters to him. And that's why we all admire him so very much.

• Sir Laurence Olivier : Why not simply rely on your natural talents?

  Marilyn Monroe : So then are you saying you don't want me to act?

  Sir Laurence Olivier : Marilyn, will you just try to be sexy. Isn't that what you do?

• Marilyn Monroe : Why is Sir Olivier so mean? He talks awful to me - like he's slumming.

  Colin Clark : I'll tell you what's wrong. It's agony for him because he is a great actor who wants to be a film star, and agony for you because you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. And this film won't help either of you.

• Marilyn Monroe : Are you sure you can handle that? You don't look old enough to drink.

  Colin Clark : I'm 23, Miss Monroe.

  Marilyn Monroe : Oh, it's Marilyn. I'm 30. I guess that makes me an old lady to you.

  Colin Clark : Seven years is nothing.

• Marilyn Monroe : Every time I walk into the studio I feel this sense of doom come over me. He gives me the dirtiest looks, even when he's smiling.

• Sir Owen Morshead : These are by Leonardo Da Vinci.

  Marilyn Monroe : Oh, didn't he paint that lady with the funny smile?

  Sir Owen Morshead : The Mona Lisa.

  Marilyn Monroe : Do you have that one here too?

  Sir Owen Morshead : Alas, that one got away.

• Sir Owen Morshead : The Queen is sorry to have missed you.

  Marilyn Monroe : Really?

  Sir Owen Morshead : Oh, yes. Why, she was only saying to me the other day, "what must it be like to be the most famous woman on earth"?

• Colin Clark : We have today, anyway. We have one day to do whatever you like. We can go back to real life tomorrow.

  Marilyn Monroe : Only one day?

  Colin Clark : Well, maybe the weekend.

  Marilyn Monroe : Or, a week!

• Marilyn Monroe : Alright, boys. Work hard. I don't want anyone whipping you.

  Schoolboy #2 : You can whip me anytime, Marilyn.

  Marilyn Monroe : Ooooo!

• Marilyn Monroe : Do you love me, Colin?

  Colin Clark : Yes. You're like some Greek goddess to me.

  Marilyn Monroe : I'm not a goddess. I just want to be loved like a regular girl.

• Marilyn Monroe : Don't be shy, Colin. It's nothing you haven't seen before.

• Marilyn Monroe : [singing in the bathtub]  Light of heart and fancy free, That's the way to start, There will be nothing to lose, 'Til you lose your heart.

• Marilyn Monroe : That's the first time I've kissed anyone younger than me. There's a lot of older guys in Hollywood.

• Marilyn Monroe : [singing]  I found a dream, Laying in your arms, The whole night through, I'm yours...

• Marilyn Monroe : I hope you will all forgive me. It wasn't all together my fault. I've been ill. I'd like you to remember I tried.