"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that"
- Kim Novak
About this Quote
Kim Novak's quote talks to the struggles of being a sex object and the expectations that featured it. She is describing Marilyn Monroe, who was a well-known sex symbol in the 1950s and 60s. Monroe experienced depression and other mental health problems due to the pressures of being a sex object. Novak is recommending that she was able to totally free herself from the same pressures and expectations that Monroe dealt with. She believes that her experience can be valuable to other individuals in comparable situations. Novak's quote is a pointer that sex symbols are not unsusceptible to the pressures of fame and that it is essential to take care of one's mental health. It is also a reminder that it is possible to free oneself from the expectations of being a sex symbol and to live a life of flexibility and pleasure.
This quote is written / told by Kim Novak somewhere between February 13, 1933 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA.
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