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
Something conceived in the mind, a thought or notion; an abstract or generic idea generalized from particular experiences; a mental representation, image or idea of tangible and concrete objects (e.g., a chair, a dog) and intangible ideas and feelings (e.g., colors, emotions).