I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.


Charlize Theron

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Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.
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I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
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I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.
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Women couldn’t identify with her and didn’t support her.
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Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.
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