The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

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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...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

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...

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by...

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by...

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.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down...

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down...

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 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...

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...

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.

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 was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

I am a very pragmatic person.

I am a very pragmatic person.

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...