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... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live." - Meaning and context.">
Her last taped interview, with Richard Meryman, was published in LIFE magazine a few days before her death. (3 August 1962); quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972)

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... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.

— Marilyn Monroe

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets " 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... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live." in the context of "Her last taped interview, with Richard Meryman, was published in LIFE magazine a few days before her death. (3 August 1962); quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972)" 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.