Norma Desmond

"The public has forgotten me. That's what hurts most."

"I don't blame them. I wouldn't remember me either."

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces."

"There is nothing tragic about that."

"The dream hasn't died. It's only sleeping."

"I will be my own audience."

"You come up out of the sea fully formed."

"That's better than any love."

"I'll be waiting for you. Always."

"You belong to me. I own you."

"All of us players had directors to guide us."

"I've written a truer word than that."

"Every exit is an entrance to somewhere else."

"They used to come and visit every day."

"She's the only friend I have left."

"The pictures got small... but not me."

"I was a real star then. I was real."

"Youth is over."

"But age is no disgrace."

"We can still be friends."

"I'm too happy... I'm delirious with happiness."

"Life without you is like a day without sunshine."

"You'll never be free."

"The dead don't die. They just wait."

"I found love here in this house."

"Hollywood has forgotten me, but I haven't forgotten."

"I need a man who takes charge."

"One can't help admiring such strength of character."

"After all, we made more pictures than Shakespeare wrote plays."

"These walls have heard some wonderful laughs."