“Like the he-man movie stars who turn out to be queer . . . or the silent-film actors whose voices sound terrible recorded--the audience only wants a limited amount of honesty. [ellipses original]”

“All of these stars, the most powerful actors in film, they were all gone in an instant.”

“That's the big letdown you'll notice about filming a movie: No underline music. No mood music.”

“This deluded little rube who really thought the future would be any better. If you just worked hard enough. If you just learned enough. Ran fast enough. Everything would turn out right, and your life would amount to something.”

“For the record, knowing when people are only pretending to like you isn't such a great skill to have.”

“Besides, hysteria is only possible with an audience.”

“Just for the record, knowing when people are only pretending to like you isn't such a great skill to have.”