Maika Monroe quote: "With a project like 'The 5th Wave,' you do something you would never do in your normal life; I would never have had S.W.A.T. training or boot camp, and there's something really cool about learning stuff like that that's really fun about our job."

Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your...
MAIKA MONROE

A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just hav...
MAIKA MONROE

I think a superhero would be awesome to play.
MAIKA MONROE

I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go ha...
MAIKA MONROE

Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever be...
MAIKA MONROE

Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
MAIKA MONROE

I have a rule now that I can only watch a movie twice. By the third time I was watching 'The Gue...
MAIKA MONROE

Before acting took off, I was a professional kiteboarder training for the world circuit; with a spor...
MAIKA MONROE

I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the si...
MAIKA MONROE

I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely d...
MAIKA MONROE

It's really cool to be able to do both. I get a chance to be in this film with these amazing act...
MAIKA MONROE

I love horror movies. It's so fun being absolutely terrified. It's damn hard to shoot, thoug...
MAIKA MONROE

Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
MAIKA MONROE

I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerf...
MAIKA MONROE

I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
MAIKA MONROE

When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
MAIKA MONROE

With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew...
MAIKA MONROE

I think it's good to conquer the fears.
MAIKA MONROE

I have to say, working with Dan Stevens in 'The Guest' and seeing his transformation was inc...
MAIKA MONROE

'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the great...
MAIKA MONROE

I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995,...
MAIKA MONROE

I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until...
MAIKA MONROE

Signing up for 'It Follows,' I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out the way it ...
MAIKA MONROE

I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite b...
MAIKA MONROE

I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
MAIKA MONROE

Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
MAIKA MONROE

It fell into my lap. I grew up doing dance classes. And one day, a film production company contacted...
MAIKA MONROE

There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget on...
MAIKA MONROE

If I met Jack Nicholson, I would probably get a little flustered. Not going to lie. I've watched...
MAIKA MONROE

I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to ...
MAIKA MONROE

When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I&...
MAIKA MONROE

It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
MAIKA MONROE

I have a weird thing with knives. I don't like knives very much. Like when my parents are cookin...
MAIKA MONROE

There is something so fun about scaring yourself.
MAIKA MONROE

National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
MARILYN MONROE

How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
VAUGHN MONROE

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of plea...
VAUGHN MONROE

There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them ...
VAUGHN MONROE

I knew that we were clicking when mimics started kidding my voice, I'll know that I'm on the...
VAUGHN MONROE

Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadc...
VAUGHN MONROE

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fi...
MARILYN MONROE

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've ...
MARILYN MONROE

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE

Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wi...
MARILYN MONROE

A smart girl leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE

How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
MARILYN MONROE

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself ...
MARILYN MONROE

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
MARILYN MONROE

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on ...
MARILYN MONROE

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. lik...
MARILYN MONROE

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit...
MARILYN MONROE

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it w...
MARILYN MONROE

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
MARILYN MONROE

A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. Sh...
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never comple...
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened...
MARILYN MONROE

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE

I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn&...
MARILYN MONROE

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way,...
MARILYN MONROE

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feel...
MARILYN MONROE

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and w...
MARILYN MONROE

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
MARILYN MONROE

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't...
MARILYN MONROE

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
MARILYN MONROE

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
MARILYN MONROE

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him t...
MARILYN MONROE

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
MARILYN MONROE

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.
MARILYN MONROE

Friends accept you the way you are.
MARILYN MONROE

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.
MARILYN MONROE

Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive m...
MARILYN MONROE

We should all start to live before we get too old.
MARILYN MONROE

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
MARILYN MONROE

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
MARILYN MONROE

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
MARILYN MONROE

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absol...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't digest things with my mind.
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

I like to feel blonde all over.
MARILYN MONROE

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
MARILYN MONROE

When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
MARILYN MONROE

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do...
MARILYN MONROE

I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
MARILYN MONROE

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
MARILYN MONROE

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about m...
MARILYN MONROE

It's all make believe, isn't it?
MARILYN MONROE

My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick ...
MARILYN MONROE

You know, most people really don't know me.
MARILYN MONROE

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
MARILYN MONROE

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females...
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
MARILYN MONROE

I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.
MARILYN MONROE

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up...
MARILYN MONROE

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was ...
EARL MONROE

I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix B...
EARL MONROE

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadershi...
EARL MONROE

Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the ...
EARL MONROE

Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.
EARL MONROE

I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you'...
EARL MONROE

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
EARL MONROE

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce...
EARL MONROE

The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
EARL MONROE

When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to...
EARL MONROE

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.
MARILYN MONROE

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
MARILYN MONROE

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.
BILL MONROE

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE

The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE

I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi...
MARILYN MONROE

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
MARILYN MONROE

Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
MARILYN MONROE

Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've exper...
MARILYN MONROE

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the ...
MARILYN MONROE

No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE

In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, ...
MARILYN MONROE

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
MARILYN MONROE

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, thing...
MARILYN MONROE

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE

If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
MARILYN MONROE

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or j...
MARILYN MONROE

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night
MARILYN MONROE

We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this na...
MARILYN MONROE

All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
MARILYN MONROE

I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and c...
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE

It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
MARILYN MONROE

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal t...
MARILYN MONROE

I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and wh...
MARILYN MONROE

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady
MARILYN MONROE

It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
MARILYN MONROE

When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you trea...
MARILYN MONROE

They put me in jail. Holy shit. They put me in fucking jail. Call my mother and tell her I love her,...
LILA MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting ...
MARILYN MONROE

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
MARILYN MONROE

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutel...
MARILYN MONROE

If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har...
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has a cleavage; they ought to worry if she has...
MARILYN MONROE

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolute...
MARILYN MONROE

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So...
MARILYN MONROE

A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
MARILYN MONROE

Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE

I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging ...
MARILYN MONROE

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn'...
MARILYN MONROE

A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public, talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE

A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
JAMES MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting al...
MARILYN MONROE

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling pass...
MARILYN MONROE

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'...
MARILYN MONROE

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You me...
BILL MONROE

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy...
MARILYN MONROE

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
MARILYN MONROE

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for you...
MARILYN MONROE

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sittin...
MARILYN MONROE

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasti...
MARILYN MONROE

Dogs never bite me - just humans.
MARILYN MONROE

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
MARILYN MONROE

Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g...
MARILYN MONROE

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROE

I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ...
MARILYN MONROE

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ...
MARILYN MONROE

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer...
MARILYN MONROE

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema...
MARILYN MONROE

I restore myself when I'm alone.
MARILYN MONROE

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again...
MARILYN MONROE

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
MARILYN MONROE

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel li...
MARILYN MONROE

It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be mai...
JAMES MONROE

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
MARILYN MONROE

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
JAMES MONROE

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at t...
MARILYN MONROE

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'...
MARILYN MONROE

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
MARILYN MONROE

When I hear a great country song, I get chills and I want to cry. You feel something. And just somet...
ASHLEY MONROE

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.
MARILYN MONROE

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what...
MARILYN MONROE

With a project like 'The 5th Wave,' you do something you would never do in your normal life; I would never have had S.W.A.T. training or boot camp, and there's something really cool about learning stuff like that that's really fun about our job.

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Maika Monroe

With a project like 'The 5th Wave,' you do something you would never do in your normal life; I would never have had S.W.A.T. training or boot camp, and there's something really cool about learning stuff like that that's really fun about our job.

Maika Monroe

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