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"Sunset Blvd" quotes

Sunset Blvd poster
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, film-noir
Year: 1950
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 8.4
BoxOffice: $299,645
Released: 04 Aug 1950
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 19 wins & 20 nominations total

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Norma DesmondBetty SchaeferJoe GillisSheldrakeFirst Assistant DirectorCecil B. DemilleMax Von MayerlingHedda HopperArtie GreenMorinoAnna Q. NilssonH. B. WarnerBuster KeatonConnie - Betty's Roommate
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The one I always wanted - Sunset Blvd 00:24 The one I always wanted Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded - Sunset Blvd 00:36 Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded Wipe your feet - Sunset Blvd 00:30 Wipe your feet Here's to us - Sunset Blvd 00:13 Here's to us Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your face - Sunset Blvd 00:25 Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your... We've missed you too dear - Sunset Blvd 00:41 We've missed you too dear We didn't need dialog We had faces - Sunset Blvd 00:10 We didn't need dialog We had faces Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture - Sunset Blvd 00:18 Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a... Don't you sometimes hate yourself Constantly - Sunset Blvd 00:09 Don't you sometimes hate yourself Constantly GILLIS Well this is where you came in Back at that pool again - Sunset Blvd 00:28 GILLIS Well this is where you came in Back at that pool... Oh was I I'm sorry - Sunset Blvd 01:16 Oh was I I'm sorry WHISPERING No one ever leaves a star - Sunset Blvd 00:16 WHISPERING No one ever leaves a star Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback - Sunset Blvd 00:12 Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback Norma Desmond She must be a million years old - Sunset Blvd 00:11 Norma Desmond She must be a million years old Oh the old familiar story - Sunset Blvd 00:22 Oh the old familiar story Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio - Sunset Blvd 00:09 Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount... Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer - Sunset Blvd 00:19 Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer GILLIS So they were turning after all those cameras - Sunset Blvd 00:20 GILLIS So they were turning after all those cameras Thanks I've been hoping to run into you - Sunset Blvd 00:12 Thanks I've been hoping to run into you Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We have a car - Sunset Blvd 00:24 Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We... You heard him I'm a star - Sunset Blvd 00:23 You heard him I'm a star There was a time in this business - Sunset Blvd 00:21 There was a time in this business You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Blvd 00:18 You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break... There were three young directors who showed promise in those days - Sunset Blvd 00:37 There were three young directors who showed promise in those... Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd 00:15 Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been... You tell her Max Come on do her that favor - Sunset Blvd 00:18 You tell her Max Come on do her that favor Coroner's office I want to speak to the Coroner - Sunset Blvd 00:23 Coroner's office I want to speak to the Coroner You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl of 17 - Sunset Blvd 00:29 You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl... Stars are ageless aren't they - Sunset Blvd 00:06 Stars are ageless aren't they Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take the vicuna - Sunset Blvd 00:16 Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take... They took the idols and smashed them - Sunset Blvd 00:13 They took the idols and smashed them Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping yourself - Sunset Blvd 00:15 Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping... Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be - Sunset Blvd 00:15 Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad... I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection room - Sunset Blvd 00:16 I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection... Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out - Sunset Blvd 00:06 Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and... The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside - Sunset Blvd 00:17 The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside Oh wake up Norma You'd be killing yourself to an empty house - Sunset Blvd 00:18 Oh wake up Norma You'd be killing yourself to an empty... You really going to send that script to DeMille - Sunset Blvd 00:23 You really going to send that script to DeMille Don't be silly - Sunset Blvd 01:10 Don't be silly Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles - Sunset Blvd 00:19 Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Blvd 00:13 You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break... Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd 00:46 Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been... NORMA You there Why are you so late - Sunset Blvd 00:13 NORMA You there Why are you so late So I had 10 years of dramatic lessons diction dancing - Sunset Blvd 00:26 So I had 10 years of dramatic lessons diction dancing I can't go on with the scene I'm too happy - Sunset Blvd 00:23 I can't go on with the scene I'm too happy May I say that you smell real special It must be my new shampoo - Sunset Blvd 00:30 May I say that you smell real special It must be my new... How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds - Sunset Blvd 00:15 How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma... I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined with satin - Sunset Blvd 00:18 I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined... Now back to the typewriters by way of Washington Square - Sunset Blvd 00:07 Now back to the typewriters by way of Washington Square It was a great big white elephant of a place - Sunset Blvd 00:37 It was a great big white elephant of a place It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come - Sunset Blvd 00:08 It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come There just aren't any faces like that anymore - Sunset Blvd 00:16 There just aren't any faces like that anymore Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy - Sunset Blvd 00:10 Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her finger - Sunset Blvd 00:15 I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her... I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody laugh again - Sunset Blvd 00:36 I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody... Great stars have great pride - Sunset Blvd 00:11 Great stars have great pride That last time I saw you was some place very gay - Sunset Blvd 00:14 That last time I saw you was some place very gay Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead - Sunset Blvd 00:06 Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead To begin with I think you should throw out all that psychological mess - Sunset Blvd 00:13 To begin with I think you should throw out all that... By this time the whole joint was jumping - Sunset Blvd 00:15 By this time the whole joint was jumping Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie - Sunset Blvd 00:22 Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah - Sunset Blvd 00:10 Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah You see those offices there Mr Gillis - Sunset Blvd 00:24 You see those offices there Mr Gillis You're a writer you said GILLIS Why - Sunset Blvd 00:32 You're a writer you said GILLIS Why Mabel was always stepping on my feet - Sunset Blvd 00:23 Mabel was always stepping on my feet WHISPERING No one ever leaves a star - Sunset Blvd 00:14 WHISPERING No one ever leaves a star Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the go by - Sunset Blvd 00:16 Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the... I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion - Sunset Blvd 00:08 I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion If you need any help with the coffin call me - Sunset Blvd 00:09 If you need any help with the coffin call me Next time I'll bring my autograph album along - Sunset Blvd 00:12 Next time I'll bring my autograph album along Young man tell me something - Sunset Blvd 00:17 Young man tell me something What it needs is maybe a little more dialog - Sunset Blvd 00:11 What it needs is maybe a little more dialog Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond - Sunset Blvd 00:39 Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too - Sunset Blvd 00:13 GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset - Sunset Blvd 00:15 She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset GILLIS The last week in December the rains came - Sunset Blvd 00:16 GILLIS The last week in December the rains came You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed - Sunset Blvd 00:18 You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed Hey Joe I said you could have my couch - Sunset Blvd 00:08 Hey Joe I said you could have my couch Are you hungry Hungry - Sunset Blvd 00:16 Are you hungry Hungry Of course you may be too young to even suspect there are men of his sort - Sunset Blvd 00:22 Of course you may be too young to even suspect there are men... SIGHING Norma I haven't done anything - Sunset Blvd 00:10 SIGHING Norma I haven't done anything Or better yet why don't you come out and see for yourself - Sunset Blvd 00:10 Or better yet why don't you come out and see for... Cameras - Sunset Blvd 00:27 Cameras Now get your things together and let's get out of here - Sunset Blvd 01:08 Now get your things together and let's get out of here And you know I'm not afraid to die - Sunset Blvd 00:27 And you know I'm not afraid to die Thanks for letting me wear the handsome wardrobe - Sunset Blvd 00:27 Thanks for letting me wear the handsome wardrobe GILLIS There it was again - Sunset Blvd 00:31 GILLIS There it was again That's it - Sunset Blvd 00:15 That's it That story of mine Betty Schaefer had dug up - Sunset Blvd 00:13 That story of mine Betty Schaefer had dug up
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Cast

Joe Gillis - William Holden
Norma Desmond - Gloria Swanson
Max Von Mayerling - Erich von Stroheim
Betty Schaefer - Nancy Olson
Sheldrake - Fred Clark
All Cast