From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person...

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person...

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran...

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran...

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of...

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...