The Nature of Hollywood Flashcards
1
Q
“Look at this street. All cardboard, all hollow, all phoney. All done with mirrors.”
A
Joe Gillis
2
Q
“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.”
A
Norma Desmond
3
Q
“Without me, there wouldn’t be any Paramount studio.”
A
Norma Desmond
4
Q
“No one ever leaves a star. That’s what makes one a star.”
A
Norma Desmond
5
Q
“But that wasn’t good enough for them, oh no! “
A
Norma Desmond
6
Q
“The stars are ageless, aren’t they?”
A
Norma Desmond
7
Q
“They took the idols and smashed them, the Fairbankses, the Gilberts, the Valentinos! And who’ve we got now? Some nobodies!”
A
Norma Desmond
8
Q
“We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!”
A
Norma Desmond
9
Q
“Shut up, I’m rich! I’m richer than all this new Hollywood trash!”
A
Norma Desmond
10
Q
“Funny how gentle people get with you once you’re dead.”
A
Joe Gillis (narration)
