Re MARILYN MONROE, LAURENCE OLIVIER,"PRINCE & the SHOWGIRL" "There's an old story about Marilyn Monroe window-shopping with a friend on 5th Avenue, at the height of her fame. The friend was suddenly struck by the fact that they'd walked several blocks together on a busy New York sidewalk without anyone appearing to notice the best known and most glamorous star in all of motion pictures. Monroe wasn't in disguise — quite the contrary, she wasn't even wearing sunglasses. Still, passers-by were simply passing by. When the friend remarked on this, Monroe is reported to have said, "Oh, do you want them to notice me?" Then she reached into her purse for a lipstick and..." http://m.npr.org/story/142504811?url=/2011/11/22/142504811/a-prince-and-a-showgirl-on-location-and-at-odds

Re MARILYN MONROE, LAURENCE OLIVIER,"PRINCE & the SHOWGIRL" "There's an old story about Marilyn Monroe window-shopping with a friend on 5th Avenue, at the height of her fame. The friend was suddenly struck by the fact that they'd walked several blocks together on a busy New York sidewalk without anyone appearing to notice the best known and most glamorous star in all of motion pictures. Monroe wasn't in disguise — quite the contrary, she wasn't even wearing sunglasses. Still, passers-by were simply passing by. When the friend remarked on this, Monroe is reported to have said, "Oh, do you want them to notice me?" Then she reached into her purse for a lipstick and..."
http://m.npr.org/story/142504811?url=/2011/11/22/142504811/a-prince-and-a-showgirl-on-location-and-at-odds