SUNSET BOULEVARD PROMPTS
* Β assorted dialogue from the 1950 film, adjust as necessary
wait a minute, haven't i seen you before?
where you been keeping that gorgeous face of yours?
you're a writer, you said.
i said you could have my couch.
no one ever leaves a star. that's what makes one a star.
i am big. it's the pictures that got small.
i promise you i'll never desert you again.
you see... this is my life. it always will be. nothing else.
i'm ready for my close-up.
don't you sometimes hate yourself?
audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture. they think the actors make it up as they go along.
funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.
i didn't know you were planning a comeback.
i'm sorry, [name], but i just didn't think it was any good.
i found it flat and trite.
oh, the old familiar story. you help a timid little soul cross a crowded street, she turns out to be a multimillionaire and leaves you all her money.
that's the trouble with you readers. you know all the plots.
i'm not an executive, just a writer.
i'd always heard you had some talent.
that was last year. this year i'm trying to earn a living.
you heard him. i'm a star.
that wasn't good enough for them.
the stars are ageless, aren't they?
i want to speak to the coroner.
don't bother with a rewrite.
i've been hoping to run into you.
this whole place seemed to have been stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis... out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion.
i understand she was a terror to work with.
who've we got now? some nobodies!
where have you been keeping yourself?
i've got the most wonderful news for you.
sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be.
that's a lie! they still want me!
i was going to give it to you at midnight.
what's the matter with you?
what right do you have to take me for granted?
do you want me to tell you?
has it ever occurred to you that i may have a life of my own?
what you're trying to say is that you don't want me to love you. say it.
i had ten years of dramatic lessons, diction, dancing.
haven't they got any eyes?
do you mind if i say a few words?
you don't know how much i've missed all of you.
you there! why are you so late?
why have you kept me waiting so long?
great stars have great pride!
may i say that you smell really special?
if you need any help with the coffin, call me.
how long is a movie script these days?
there just aren't any faces like that anymore.
i just had to get out of there.
i had to hear somebody laugh again.