Norma Desmond: Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount studio.


--Gloria Swanson (as Norma Desmond) in Sunset Boulevard

Norma Desmond: [to newsreel camera] And I promise you I'll never desert you again because after 'Salome' we'll make another picture and another picture. You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!... All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.


--Gloria Swanson (as Norma Desmond) in Sunset Boulevard