The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.
Gloria SwansonI didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
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