Extended Reading

Sunset Blvd. quotes

  • Joe Gillis: [Betty is softly crying, facing away from Joe] Stop crying, will you? You're getting married. That's what you wanted.

    Betty Schaefer: I don't want it now.

    Joe Gillis: Why not? Don't you love Artie?

    Betty Schaefer: Of course I love him. I always will. I... I'm not in love with him anymore, that's all.

    Joe Gillis: What happened?

    Betty Schaefer: [She turns and meets his eyes] You did.

    [They kiss]

  • Joe Gillis: A very simple setup. An older woman who's well-to-do. A younger man who's not doing too well.