Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.
Gloria SwansonThe fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.
Gloria SwansonThe day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life.
Gloria SwansonSo they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she had clung to so desperately had enfolded her. Norma: You see, this is my life. It always will be! (In a whisper) There's nothing else - just us - and the cameras - and those wonderful people out there in the dark. All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Gloria Swanson