Norma Desmond

"I expect to be treated as a star."

"Audiences never really loved me."

"I've been waiting for the perfect role to come to me."

"You'll see that you can't help but be intrigued by me."

"A director makes only one masterpiece. Then he's through."

"I'm tired of myself, but I mustn't show it."

"Life is too short to waste on regrets."

"I have tremendous talent. Anyone who doesn't see that is a fool."

"The past is always with us. We can't escape it."

"I am better than all these modern actresses."

"Nobody ever leaves a star."

"Youth is such a precious thing. One must guard it."

"I've had enough living in shadows."

"Art requires sacrifice, always."

"I demand nothing but perfection from myself."

"Everyone is jealous of true talent."

"I understand passion. It's the only truth."

"The studio system made me who I am."

"I will never accept being ordinary."

"Silence is golden when one has nothing left to say."

"I've loved too deeply to love again."

"Money means nothing to someone like me."

"I am the greatest actress who ever lived."

"One must never settle for mediocrity."

"The camera sees the truth in a face."

"I've made a thousand pictures in my mind."

"Hope is for people without talent."

"I am incapable of ordinary emotions."

"The world has forgotten how to recognize greatness."

"I don't need friends. I have my art."