Quotes tagged ‘faded glory’

“You don't yell at a sleepwalker—he may fall and break his neck. That's it: She was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career.”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Joe Gillis, William Holden, imdb.com

“The whole place seemed to have been stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis—out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion.”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Joe Gillis, William Holden, imdb.com

“[Joe is reading Norma's script] Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad—bad writing can be. This promised to go the limit.”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Joe Gillis, William Holden, imdb.com

“Joe Gillis: [Norma threatens suicide again] Oh, wake up, Norma, you'd be killing yourself to an empty house. The audience left twenty years ago. Now, face it. Norma Desmond: That's a lie! They still want me!”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Norma Desmond, Gloria Swanson, imdb.com

“There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Norma Desmond, Gloria Swanson, imdb.com

“Norma Desmond: You heard him. I'm a star. Joe Gillis: Norma, you're a woman of 50, now grow up. There's nothing tragic about being 50, not unless you try to be 25. Norma Desmond: The greatest star of them all.”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Norma Desmond, Gloria Swanson, imdb.com