Marilyn Monroe was, like Tony Curtis, new to Hollywood and wanting to be a star so he offered her a lift in his cheap Buick convertible and drove her to the hotel where she was staying. She gave him her number but it was a week before he had the courage to ask her out.
Definition of idea 1 a: a transcendent entity that is a real pattern of which existing things are imperfect representations b: a standard of perfection : ideal
idea, concept, conception, thought, notion, impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan). idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed.