Quotes tagged ‘Fame’
(110 total)
“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
“Joe Gillis: Wait a minute, haven't I seen you before? I know your face. Norma Desmond: Get out! Or, shall I call my servant? Joe Gillis: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big. Norma Desmond: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.”
— 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
“And I promise you I'll never desert you again because after Salome we'll make another picture and another picture. You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!... All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-…”
— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Norma Desmond, Gloria Swanson, imdb.com
“Don Altobello: You are my 'ace in the hole,' as we say in America. I have a stone in my shoe. You can remove it. Mosca: Only one stone? Don Altobello: [regarding Michael] It's dangerous. A famous man. You will have to take precautions. Mosca: Tell me what to do. Then I will tell you my price.”
— Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Don Altobello, Eli Wallach, imdb.com