Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Veronica Lake: The Girl
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Quotes
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The Girl : You know, the nice thing about buying food for a man is that you don't have to listen to his jokes. Just think, if you were some big shot like a casting director or something, I'd be staring into your bridgework saying 'Yes, Mr. Smearcase. No, Mr. Smearcase. Not really, Mr. Smearcase! Oh, Mr. Smearcase, that's my knee!' Give Mr. Smearcase another cup of coffee. Make it two. Want a piece of pie?
John L. Sullivan : No thanks, kid.
The Girl : Why, Mr. Smearcase, aren't you getting a little familiar?
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[after the Girl jumps out of a moving train into Sullivan's arms, sending them both tumbling]
The Girl : Did I hurt you any?
John L. Sullivan : Well, you didn't do me any good.
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The Girl : I liked you better as a bum.
John L. Sullivan : I can't help what kind of people you like.
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John L. Sullivan : But nothing is going to stop me. I'm going to find out how it feels to be in trouble. Without friends, without credit, without checkbook, without name. Alone.
The Girl : And I'll go with you.
John L. Sullivan : How can I be alone if you're with me?
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John L. Sullivan : Don't keep saying 'good' all the time or I'll poke you in the nose.
The Girl : Good
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Las Vegas Diner Counterman : [Giving the obviously broke Sully and girl each coffee and a donut] I'll never get rich.
The Girl : Oh, gee.
John L. Sullivan : You're a little richer than you were. Hundreds of miles from everything. Cut off from the world, a taste of human kindness. I'll never forget it as long as I live. What town is this?
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The Girl : You take lots of girls and you make them sleep in a hogsty all night and then didn't tell them where their breakfast was coming from the next morning, they wouldn't take it lying down.
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John L. Sullivan : You mean you'd just get in any car that comes along?
The Girl : Anything but a Stanley Steamer. My uncle blew up in one.
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John L. Sullivan : Why don't you go back with the car... You look about as much like a boy as Mae West.
The Girl : All right, they'll think I'm you're frail.
Burrows : I believe it's called a beazle
[beasel]
Burrows : , Miss... if memory serves.
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The Girl : You're so simple, you're apt to get into a lot of trouble.
John L. Sullivan : What do ya think I'm out here for?
The Girl : Gee, I like that about you. You're like those knights of old who used to ride around looking for trouble.
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The Girl : I know 50 times as much about trouble as you ever will.
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The Girl : I'm getting hungry.
John L. Sullivan : How can you possibly be hungry when you just ate?
The Girl : I'm not a scientist. All I know is I'm hungry.
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John L. Sullivan : You can't tell what kind of heel is apt to be behind the wheel.
The Girl : All heels are pretty much the same.
