A Star Is Born (1937) - Quotes

Fame's Cost: Love and Loss

Taglines: Fate raised her to fame - and killed the man she loved!

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The Cost of Stardom and Heartbreak

Taglines: Is the price of stardom a broken heart?

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Actors and Their Absence in Film

Norman Maine: What do they do with the actors while you're away?

Matt Libby: Oh, they cut em into slices and fry em with eggs.

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Listening Dynamics in Family Conversations

Aunt Mattie: Of course, no one ever listens to me!

Grandmother Lettie: They do if they're within ten miles of ya.

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Comfort and Iron Bars in Luxury

Oliver Niles: [at a sanatorium for treatment of alcoholism] Are you comfortable here, Norman?

Norman Maine: Comfortable? It's positively luxurious! They even have iron bars in the windows to keep out the draft.

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Planning a Unique Wedding Celebration

Matt Libby: That elopement thing is out; we're gonna have a wedding. Where are we going to have it?

Oliver Niles: The customary place, I believe, is a church.

Matt Libby: Nah! It's been done. This has gotta be something big... The beach! I can visualize it. The bridesmaids in bathing suits; twenty thousand Santa Monica school children spelling out the word "love"... but is it big enough?

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Confronting Reality in a Star's Decline

Norman Maine: Do you think I'm slipping?

Oliver Niles: Can you take it?

Norman Maine: Yeah, go ahead.

Oliver Niles: The tense is wrong. You're not slipping - you've slipped.

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Misunderstandings in Hollywood Ambitions

Pop Randall: Mr. McGuire is a big director.

Esther Blodgett: Oh, are you really? Oh, could you possibly use me in a picture, Mr. McGuire? Of course, I haven't had much experience, but I don't think that really matters if you're willing. And I really feel that...

Danny McGuire: Listen, lady. In the first place, I'm not a director; I'm an assistant director. In the second place, if I had any jobs to give away, I'd confer one on myself. And in the third place, you should have stayed back home in the first place.

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The Hope of Defying the Odds

Miss Phillips: Still want to go in the movies? You know what your chances are? One in a hundred thousand.

Esther Blodgett: But maybe... I'm that one.

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Balancing Work and Personal Challenges

Casey Burke: His work is beginning to interfere with his drinking.

Danny McGuire: [[Beethoven; [Chopin] The program tonight's gonna be swell. Take this fella ]: I'm a pushover for him. And ] - well, he's not so dusty, either.

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Contrasting Characters in Relationships

Matt Libby: That's a charming match. A nice girl like Vicki and Public Nuisance Number One.

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Raising Rats from Mice

Matt Libby: There are a couple of rats I raised from mice.

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The Cost of Fulfilling Dreams

Grandmother Lettie: For every dream of yours you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak.

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A Lifetime of Commitment and Resilience

Grandmother Lettie: [to the radio audience] It took me more than 70... more than 60 years to get here, and here I mean to stay!

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Courage in the Face of Tragedy

Grandmother Lettie: Tragedy is a test of courage. If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you. If not than you will have to live all your life as a coward, because no matter where you may run you can never run away from yourself.

Empowerment Against Heartbreak in Relationships

Grandmother Lettie: If you've got one drop of my blood in your veins, you won't let Mattie or any of her kind break your heart, you'll go right out there and break it yourself.

Introducing the Press Agent with a Warning

Oliver Niles: Now, I'm going to turn you over to our demon press agent, Libby. Don't let him frighten you. He has a heart of gold... only harder.

Tastes Evolve Like Natural Trends

Oliver Niles: [to Esther] All the experts seem to think that your type is a little mild for present day's taste. But I'd rather believe that tastes change, like eyebrows. And I think that also like eyebrows, tastes are going back to the natural.

The Value of Awards and Performance

Norman Maine: [When Esther is accepting her Academy Award] I won one of those once - They don't mean a thing! What I want is a special award for the worst performance of the year. Lord knows I earned it!