Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

Sunset Boulevard

Watch Sunset Boulevard at Amazon Watch Sunset Boulevard at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Celebrity Delusion

Speaker

Norma Desmond

Actor

Gloria Swanson

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

Illustrated Quote

A quote from Sunset Boulevard about celebrity: “Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”
Download
A quote from Sunset Boulevard about celebrity: “Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”
Download
A quote from Sunset Boulevard about celebrity: “Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1950s

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Harlem

Read Harlem at Poetry Foundation
More information about this quote
Topic
Broken dreams Dreams

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Harlem
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Harlem." Montage of a Dream Deferred. Holt, 1951.

Another quote about Delusion

Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

Irving Layton

More information about this quote
Topic
True freedom Delusion

Author

Irving Layton
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Layton, Irving. "Aphs." The Whole Bloody Bird: Obs, Aphs & Pomes. McClelland & Stewart, 1969.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

Cool Hand Luke

Watch Cool Hand Look at Amazon Watch Cool Hand Look at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Bluffing Making the most Gambling
Speaker
Luke
Actor
Paul Newman
Source
Cool Hand Luke
Medium
Film
Genre
Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama
Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cool Hand Luke. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, Jalem Productions, 1967.