Marilyn Monroe, Santa Monica Beach... While working together these 6 weeks in 1962 Marilyn said to photographer and journalist George Barris, "Don't believe anything you read about me except this story." July 1962 - "Do you ever think of the future?" Barris asked her.. "Do you have some unfulfilled ambitions?" She answered, "I'd like to be a fine actress. I'm interested in horticulture, but I don't think I want to be a gardner. I'm interested in all the arts. I'm even interested in people!"