My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation --but I'm working on the foundation.
Source: Quoted in: Marilyn Monroe in Her Own Words, Acting (1990).
-- Marilyn Monroe, (Jun 1 1926-1962), US actress; She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in Some Like It Hot, 1959 and Bus Stop, 1956.