Key quotes from Sunset Boulevard
Appearances Quotes
JOE: A neglected house gets an unhappy look. This one had it in spades. It was like that old woman in Great Expectations—that Miss Havisham in her rotting wedding dress and her torn veil, taking...
Dissatisfaction Quotes
JOE: As I drove back towards town, I took inventory of my prospects. They now added up to exactly zero. Apparently, I just didn't have what it takes, and the time had come to wrap up the whole Holl...
Lies and Deceit Quotes
JOE: A murder has been reported from one of those great big houses in the ten thousand block. You'll read all about it in the late editions, I'm sure. You'll get it over your radio, and see it on t...
Madness Quotes
JOE: There was something else going on below: the last rites for that hairy old chimp, performed with the utmost seriousness—as if she were laying to rest an only child. Was her life really as em...
Manipulation Quotes
JOE: Hey, you, Max—whatever-your-name-is—what are my things doing here?(No answer.)JOE: I'm talking to you. My clothes and things are up in the room. MAX: Naturally. I brought them myself.JOE:...
Pride Quotes
JOE: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
NORMA: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
JOE: I knew there was something wrong w...