Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

The remark contrasts Monroe’s public image with the private costs of celebrity. Calling “sex symbol” a “heavy load” reframes glamour as an imposed role that demands constant performance and invites objectification. The final triad—“tired, hurt and bewildered”—suggests emotional exhaustion and vulnerability, implying that the persona audiences consume can be least sustainable precisely when a person most needs care and privacy. Read this way, the quote functions as a critique of how fame reduces a complex individual to a marketable emblem, and how that reduction can intensify isolation rather than confer power.