Marilyn Monroe said, “If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.” Lots of people think this is true. Another interpretation is, “The way to a woman’s heart is through her funny bone.”

What’s funny about Marilyn’s “funny” statement is that she did such a good job of keeping this side of herself hidden. She had the public completely convinced that the “real” Marilyn was more about her other side which was a blonde bodacious bombshell who said, “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”

Marilyn wasn’t exactly known as the kind of girl who would have ranked “sense of humor” as one of the top qualities she would look for in a man. Remember, she’s the chick who flashed us with her blowing white skirt while standing on the subway grate in that famous scene from “The Seven Year Itch.”

You would never know she enjoyed light-hearted comedy since she was probably best known for two things: 1) singing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy and 2) being found naked and dead in bed.

After researching her famous quotes, it almost seems as if she was a little bitter about being a gorgeous blonde sex symbol. She wasn’t afraid to speak up about it either. “It takes a smart brunette to play a dumb blonde,” she once said. And it also doesn’t take a genius to figure out that she was probably talking about herself.

She once said, “Everyone’s just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal, Can’t I be anything else? Gee, how long can you be sexy?” Ouch, Marilyn. Simmer down there girl…

Personally I’m a little surprised about Marilyn’s well-hidden sharp tongue. She did such a good job of coming acrossed as soft (really soft) and sweet and sexy and untouchable. But after reading some of her other quotes, I feel like I want to belly up to the bar and throw back some shots with her! She’s a lot more like Mae West than we ever gave her credit for!