Norma Jean & Marilyn
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1:07:01
You should be working with Burton,
with Brando with Olivier!

1:07:06
But what if I'm, you know,
not that good of an actress?.

1:07:09
I mean, what if I just don't have
that kind of talent?.

1:07:12
Then you'll just have to develop
that kind of talent.

1:07:15
You'll just have to march
into Zanuck's office

1:07:17
and remind him that he would lose
1:07:19
about a million dollars a year
without you.

1:07:21
You'll just have to tell him
you want to do serious roles

1:07:24
in serious films
with serious directors you select.

1:07:27
And then what?.
1:07:29
Then will you be happy?.
1:07:30
Will that be good enough for you?.
1:07:31
Will anything ever be good enough
for you?.

1:07:34
No, dear.
1:07:36
Movie stars don't choose
their own pictures.

1:07:39
I choose their pictures.
1:07:41
That's how they get to be movie stars.
1:07:43
Understand me?. You are a movie star
because I made you a movie star.

1:07:48
You could send me your sister
1:07:49
from Phily or your aunt Josephine
from Minneapolis...

1:07:51
If I wanted to,
I could do the same thing for them.

1:07:55
No. If I am a star, it's the public
that has made me a star...

1:08:02
No studio... No director... The public.
1:08:06
Is that so?.
1:08:08
Well, all the public
wants to see you do is sing

1:08:10
and dance and wiggle your ass!
1:08:12
Who do you think you are --
Katherine Hepburn?.

1:08:15
You wanna play Shakespeare?.
1:08:16
You wanna play
"The Brothers Karamazov?. "

1:08:18
Not the Brothers. Grushenka.
1:08:21
Huh?.
1:08:23
She's a girl, Mr. Zanuck.
1:08:27
All right. Let's defer this discussion.
1:08:30
We'll talk about it after
"The Seven Year Itch" is released.

1:08:33
Well, now I think
you need my help to promote that movie.

1:08:37
So that gives me more...
1:08:39
What was that word
that Johnny used to use?.

1:08:43
I know...Leverage.
1:08:53
We're here today with Marilyn Monroe,
1:08:55
the first woman in the history of show
1:08:57
business who successfully negotiate her
own independent production deal.


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