Sunset Boulevard

"I should have done it myself, and saved myself money."

"The monkey had me in hand."

"I'm ready for my close-up."

"They don't make faces like they used to."

"You're the only person in this world who understands me."

"We have so much in common, don't we?"

"The whole thing is a hard pill to swallow, but I'll do it."

"I want you. I want you to want me."

"A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit."

"One woman's pancake is another woman's tragedy."

"I'm still big. I just need the light back on."

"The stars are ageless, aren't they?"

"I don't go out very much anymore. I used to once."

"Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Pictures."

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

"The world may move on, but these walls remember everything."

"I am sustained by the knowledge that I have loved truly."

"In the end, all we have is how we have treated others."

"I have found that silence is the truest form of communication."

"The greatest lesson is learning what not to do."

"I understand now that some roles are meant to be lived, not played."

"In this place, we are all waiting for our final scene."

"I have learned that true strength is gentleness."

"The past teaches us that all moments pass eventually."

"I am neither happy nor sad—I am complete."

"In devotion, one becomes part of something transcendent."

"I have found peace in accepting the inevitability of loss."

"The greatest freedom is freedom from the need for validation."

"I have learned that the heart's logic surpasses the mind's reason."

"In memory, we achieve a kind of immortality."