"Nancy Olson - Betty Schaefer"

"No one leaves a star. That's what makes one a star."

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!"

"There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, …"

"They took the idols and smashed them, the Fairbankses, the Gilberts, the Valentinos! And who've we got now? Some nobo…"

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

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

"I just want to tell you all how happy I am to be back in the studio, making a picture again! You don't know how much …"

"Gloria Swanson - Norma Desmond"

"Erich von Stroheim - Max von Mayerling"