Buddy Holly's Last Picture By Mary Haukoos (Gerber).

"It's sad, when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son. But I couldn't allow them to believe that I would commit murder. They'll put him away now, as I should have years ago. He was always bad, and in the end he intended to tell them I killed those girls and that man... as if I could do anything but just sit and stare, like one of his stuffed birds. They know I can't move a finger, and I won't. I'll just sit here and be quiet, just in case they do... suspect me. They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..."" Horror Character Appreciation - Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Good dialogue simply isn’t enough to explain all the infinite gradations of a character. It’s behavior—it’s what’s going on behind the lines.

ROUND 1, MATCH 12

Norma Shearer presents the Academy Award for Best Actress to Marie Dressler, 1931

me after sleeping ljke shit for the 10,497th day in a row: this is good actually because now i'll be really tired when i go to bed tonight

Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

“She’s like catnip to every cat in town.”

ELIZABETH TAYLOR in BUTTERFIELD 8 (1960).

Premiere night for Psycho. Times Square, New York City, 1960