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.
Interpretation
This quote reflects determination and ambition to achieve recognition and greatness after a long period of struggle.
Gloria Swanson's quote conveys her journey from obscurity to stardom, emphasizing the importance of perseverance and self-identification with success. She highlights her commitment to fully embody the role of a star, ensuring that everyone involved in her career recognizes her ambition and dedication, which serves as an inspiration for those on similar paths.
In practice
In a motivational speech to aspiring artists about believing in themselves.
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.
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.
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.
Why was I able to be able to pass? What did I do right that allowed me to make a pass - any given pass? There's balance; there's vision.
Past failures unlock future successes
To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life.
Maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They’re inseparable.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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