“She Seemed very shy, and I remember that when the studio workers would whistle at her, it seemed to embarrass her.” - Cary Grant, co-star in Monkey Business
“I did Niagara with her. I found her Marvellous to work with and terrifically ambitious to do better. And bright. She may not have had an education, but she was just naturally bright.” - Henry Hathaway, director of the 1952 film
“She had a great natural dignity and was extremely intelligent. She was also exceedingly sensitive.” - Edith Sitwell, Poet
“I saw that what she looked like was not what she really was, and what was going on inside her was not what was going on outside, and that always means there may be something to work with. In Marilyn’s case, the reactions were phenomenal. She can call up emotionally what is required for a scene. Her range is infinite.” – Lee Strasberg, creator-director of the actors studio
“She is a brilliant comedienne, which to me means she also is an extremely skilled actress.” - Sir Laurence Olivier, co-star of The Prince And The Showgirl
“Her quality when photographed is almost of a supernatural beauty.” - Lee Strasberg
“I’ve learned about living from her. I took her as a serious actress even before I met her. I think she’s an adroit comedienne, but I also think she might turn into the greatest tragic actress that can be imagined.” - Arthur Miller, writer and husband
“She has a certain indefinable magic that comes across, which no other actress in the business has.” - Billy Wilder
“They’ve tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroe’s and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won’t work. She was an original.” - Billy Wilder
“It’s a terrible pity that so much beauty has been lost to us.” - John Huston
“Nobody discovered her, she earned her own way to stardom.” - Darryl zanuck, president of 20th Century Fox
“It’s my felling that Marilyn looked forward to her tomorrows.” - Eunice Murray, Marilyn’s housekeeper
