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1	Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett originally envisioned this movie as a comedy, and while the final product turned out more dramatic than intended, it still works in a few humorous lines.
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3	* "There's nothing tragic about being fifty...unless you're trying to be twenty-five."
4	* Joe's narration for the scene of him paging through Norma's script:
5	--> Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be. This promised to go the limit.
6	* Joe's expression of disbelief in astrology, when Norma claims the stars foretell Cecil B. [=DeMille=] greenlighting her return:
7	-->'''Norma:''' Here's the chart from my astrologer. She read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope. She read mine.\
8	'''Joe:''' She read the script?
9	* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. (Gloria Swanson was friends with Charlie Chaplin in real life.) At least until Max interrupts.
10	* A grim joke during the final scene, but the police are unable to use the phones because gossip columnist Hedda Hopper is calling in her report.
11	* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'Film/GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"
12	* When Norma visits Paramount Studios, she's shown to a seat to watch the shoot. When she sits down, she notices a microphone nearby and shoves it away.
13	* When Joe first arrives at Sunset, Max says, "Call me if you need help with the coffin." Joe's [[FlatWhat expression]] is ''priceless''.
14	* "Oh, shut up. I'm rich."
15	* This bit:
16	-->'''Joe:''' I mean, this is good dialogue in here. It'll play.\
17	'''Betty:''' It will?\
18	'''Joe:''' Sure! Especially with lots of music underneath. Drowning it out.\
19	'''Betty:''' Don't you sometimes hate yourself?\
20	'''Joe''' ''(grinning)'': Constantly!\
21	''(Betty gives him a DeathGlare.)''
22	* In the musical, when Joe arrives a bit late for the New Year's Eve party, and Artie takes the coat from the former, he gets surprised:
23	-->'''Artie:''' Jesus, Joe, what's this made of? Mink? Who did you borrow this from? Adolphe Menjou?

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