The Cost of Success Flashcards
1
Q
“I seemed to have lost my touch.”
A
Joe Gillis
2
Q
“You’re the only person in this stinking town that has been good to me.”
A
Joe Gillis
3
Q
“I have everything I want. I have my own house, my own car.”
A
Norma Desmond
4
Q
“The poor dope—he always wanted a pool.”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
5
Q
“We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!”
A
Norma Desmond
6
Q
“What right do you have to take me for granted?”
A
Joe Gillis
7
Q
“Shut up, I’m rich! I’m richer than all this new Hollywood trash!”
A
Norma Desmond
8
Q
“You don’t yell at a sleepwalker.”
A
Joe Gillis
9
Q
“Funny how gentle people get with you once you’re dead.”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
10
Q
“Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond.”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
