“My Week With Marilyn” quotes

“First love is such sweet despair, Colin.”
Dame Judi Dench - Dame Sybil Thorndike

“All people ever see is Marilyn Monroe. As soon as they realize I'm not her, they run.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“Remember boy, when it comes to women, you're never too old for humiliation.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Sir Laurence Olivier

“Here's what I remember most: her embrace. Her belief in me. And the joy she gave. That was her gift. When I think of her now, I think of that time when a dream came true. And my only talent was not to close my eyes.”

Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“- Sir Laurence Olivier: Marilyn, my darling, you are an angel and I kiss the hem of your garment but why can't you get here on time for the love of fuck?
- Marilyn Monroe: Oh, you have that word in England too?”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Sir Laurence Olivier
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“- Colin Clark: Let me protect you from all this.
- Marilyn Monroe: What are you gonna do? Marry me?
- Colin Clark: Why not? You could quit this. Forget Marilyn Monroe. Forget Hollywood. Let it all go.”
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“It's agony because he's a great actor who wants to be a film star, and you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. This film won't help either of you.”
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“- Marilyn Monroe: Do you know I've been married three times already? How did that happen?
- Colin Clark: You were just looking for the right man.
- Marilyn Monroe: They always look right at the start.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“I want this to be the perfect date. I haven't had a real date since I was 13-years-old.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“My father was a world-famous art historian, and my brother was ahead of me in everything. I was always the disappointment.”
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“I had everything to prove to my family. But I had more to prove to myself.”
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“I think directing a movie is the best job ever created, but Marilyn has cured me of ever wanting to do it again.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Sir Laurence Olivier

“- Milton Greene: That's what she does, she breaks hearts. She'll break yours.
- Colin Clark: I don't want your advice.”
Eddie Redmayne - Milton Greene
Dominic Cooper - Colin Clark

“Little girls should be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“- Sir Laurence Olivier: She's quite wonderful. No training, no craft, no guile, just pure instinct. Astonishing.
- Colin Clark: You should tell her that.
- Sir Laurence Olivier: Oh, I will. But she won't believe me. That's probably what makes her great, yet it's certainly what makes her so profoundly unhappy.”

Sir Kenneth Branagh - Sir Laurence Olivier
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“- Marilyn Monroe: You think I'm crazy?
- Colin Clark: I just meant you could be happy.
- Marilyn Monroe: I am happy.
- Colin Clark: Of course you're happy. You're the biggest star in the world.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“- Lucy: Did she break your heart?
- Colin Clark: A little.
- Lucy: Good, it needed breaking.”
Emma Watson - Lucy
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark

“- Marilyn Monroe: Don't forget me.
- Colin Clark: As if I could.”
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe
Eddie Redmayne - Colin Clark