Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I …

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Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... ✨ Marilyn Monroe Pours Her Heart Out. Interview with Richard Meryman, LIFE Magazine, August 3, 1962; later quoted in Ms. Magazine, August 1972.
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