Betty's Office At Paramount (US 1994Musical "Sunset Boulevard")

BETTY: T-H-E E-N-D! I can't believe it, I've finished my first script!
JOE: Stop it, you're making me feel old
BETTY: It's exciting, though, isn't it?
JOE: How old are you, anyway?
BETTY: Twenty-two
JOE: Smart girl
BETTY: Shouldn't we open some champagne?
JOE: Best I can offer is a stroll to the water cooler at the end of the lot
BETTY: Sounds good to me.
I love the back lot here.
All cardboard, all hollow, all phony, all done with mirrors
I think I love it better than any street in the world.
I spent my childhood here
JOE: What were you, a child actress?
BETTY: No, but my family always expected me to become a great star
I had ten years of dramatic lessons, diction, dancing, everything you can think of
And then the studio made a test
JOE: That's the saddest story I ever heard
BETTY: Not at all. Come on.
I was born two blocks from here.
My father was head electrician at the studio until he died,
my mother still works in wardrobe
JOE: Second generation, huh?
BETTY: Third. Grandma did stunt work for Pearl White
JOE: I guess it is kind of exciting, at that, finishing a script
BETTY: What?
JOE: Are you all right?
BETTY: Sure
JOE: Something's the matter, isn't it?