I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
Marilyn MonroeRead
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
Interpretation
The allure of dreams can be more captivating than the reality of achieving them.
This quote by Marilyn Monroe suggests that the fantasies and aspirations we hold, such as the dream of being an actress, often bring us more excitement and joy than the actual experience of those dreams coming to fruition. It reflects a common sentiment that the journey and anticipation can sometimes overshadow the destination, reminding us to appreciate the imagination and the thrill it provides, even if the reality might be different.
In practice
In a motivational speech about following one's dreams in the arts.
I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
I'm pretty, but not beautiful. _x000D_ I sin, but I'm not the devil. _x000D_ I'm good, but I'm not an angel.
My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.
When I enter that higher-order space that's required to write, I'm a better human. For whatever my writing is, wherever it's ranked, it definitely is the one place that I get to be beautiful.
I still consider myself to be introverted, but everyone has a side of themselves that is amplified. Performers have to learn to tap into that, even if it's not natural.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives if I hadn't been able to shift into fiction.
I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time.
My goal was to tell a dialogue between high fashion and streetwear. So, the name Off-White, in my mind, is between black and white. So, that middle ground is a mixture between both genres of fashion.
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