My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.
Interpretation
This quote expresses gratitude towards the audience for their support in storytelling.
Gloria Swanson is acknowledging that her career and the stories she tells in her films are made possible by the affection and dedication of the movie-going public. Without the audiences who appreciate art, filmmakers would have no platform to share their narratives, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between creators and viewers in the film industry.
In practice
When giving a speech at a film festival.
So 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.
I have gone through a long apprenticeship. I have gone through enough of being a nobody. I have decided that when I am a star, I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody from the studio gateman to the highest executive will know it.
To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.
Staring Girl I once knew a girl who would just stand there and stare. At anyone or anything, she seemed not to care She'd stare at the ground, She'd stare at the sky. She'd stare at you for hours, and you'd never know why. But after winning the local staring contest, she finally gave her eyes a well-deserved rest.
Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
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