Catherine quotes from Stage Door (1937)

Poor darling, you shouldn't have told her. She isn't responsible for Kaye's act.

Jean

She is responsible. It was Kaye's part. It was Kaye's life, but now it's too late. Kaye is dead...Kaye who never harmed anyone. It's all because she hasn't any heart, because she's made out of ice...I'm gonna go sit out front because Kaye asked me to be there. And every line that she reads, I'm gonna say, 'That should have been Kaye's line.' And every move you make, I'm gonna say, 'That should have been Kaye.' Kaye - who is lying in a morgue all broken and alone. And I dare ya to go on tonight.

You can't think only of yourself. Kaye is dead -- you had nothing to do with that. But there are fifty living people to whom this show may mean as much as it did to Kaye. The ushers, the property men, the old women who clean out the theatre. Each one of them has the right to demand that you give the best performance that you can. That's the tradition of the theatre.

Terry

Oh, hang the tradition of the theatre! I'm thinking of Kaye.

Very well then, think of Kaye. Are you going to let her down? You've got to give the performance she wanted you to give. Then perhaps, wherever she is, you may bring her peace.

It's only after we have suffered we can make the audience feel with us.

Terry

Does someone have to die to create an actress? Is that what the theatre demands?

It takes more than greasepaint and footlights to make an actress. It takes heartbreak as well.