Cary Grant, as quoted in Conversations with Classic Film Stars (2016) by James Bawden and Ron Miller, pp. 123–124

Hawks says it's wonderful we knew and worked with Marilyn before she got difficult. Because she was so winning and adorable in Monkey Business [1952]. When I drink that youth serum and I'm acting like a teenager, Marilyn really got into it. I'm diving off the high board and she's giggling and waving me on. Years later she asked me to costar in something called The Billionaire. It was a comedy and she said her husband Arthur Miller was reworking it. Arthur Miller a comedy writer? I ran away and so did Greg Peck, and the completed film, Let's Make Love [1960], showed she'd become all blurry and distant. It was sad.

— Cary Grant

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hawks says it's wonderful we knew and worked with Marilyn before she got difficult. Because she was so winning and adorable in Monkey Business [1952]. When I drink that youth serum and I'm acting like a teenager, Marilyn really got into it. I'm diving off the high board and she's giggling and waving me on. Years later she asked me to costar in something called The Billionaire. It was a comedy and she said her husband Arthur Miller was reworking it. Arthur Miller a comedy writer? I ran away and so did Greg Peck, and the completed film, Let's Make Love [1960], showed she'd become all blurry and distant. It was sad." in the context of "Cary Grant, as quoted in Conversations with Classic Film Stars (2016) by James Bawden and Ron Miller, pp. 123–124" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 5 August 1962) was an American actress, singer and model.