When you've experienced the real Marilyn, it's difficult to watch a movie about her.' I didn't want to have the memories of my experience tarnished in any way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words.
When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star.
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.
I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.
I knew Marilyn over a two-year period. I met her first on a movie called 'Let's Make Love.' I photographed her at that time on and off through the time of her death. I was 22 years old and she was 34 or 35.
Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso.
I liked the fact that 'My Week With Marilyn' wasn't a biopic.
I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through.
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