The Woman on the Beach (1947)

Robert Ryan: Scott

Quotes 

• Scott : Give in? What happens to you?

  Peggy : You find a kind of peace. You don't care anymore.

• Scott : Answer me Peggy, was there anything between you and Bill?

  Peggy : Oh, for heaven's sake, Scott, what of it? You're not my husband.

  Scott : Peggy, you're nothing but a...

  Peggy : Go on. Say it - I'm a tramp. You're just finding that out?

• Scott : You know, I don't understand much about paintings.

  Tod : There's nothing to understand! It hasn't anything to do with the brain - its the eye. A painting's like a woman - she either thrills you or she doesn't.

  Scott : Well, in that case, its easy.

• Scott : You know, when they let me out of the hospital, they said Lieutenant your wounds are all healed - you're sound in body and mind. But, my head is - ! Well, let's face it, I'm not well!

• Scott : [Admiring the paintings]  These must be worth a fortune now that you're...

  [Scott hesitates to say 'blind.'] 

  Tod : Since you're convinced I'm blind, go ahead... say it, but you're right. Now that I can't paint anymore, this stuff of mine gets more valuable every day. There's an old saying in my trade: a man never gets rich until he's dead. I assure you a blind painter's just the same as a dead man.

• Scott : What do you mean about - ghosts?

  Peggy : I was merely suggesting you might be afraid of them.

• Peggy : You even looked at me as if I were a ghost.

  Scott : Well, what are you, anyway?

• Scott : The hard thing, I guess, is to - know yourself.

  Peggy : Yes, that is difficult. Anyway, what's the use?

• Scott : Do you love him?

  Peggy : Love him? I hate him.

• Eve : Do I have to pay this invoice to get the ten day discount or do I wait for the statement at the end of the month?

  Scott : Well, you wouldn't expect a - beach cowboy like me to know much about invoices, would you?

• Scott : You know, you people are all trying to take care of me, but nobody tries to understand what - Well, you think I'm sick? That's it, isn't it?

• Scott : You're pretty well acquainted with this house, aren't you?

  Peggy : Oh, I've been here before. Such a lovely place - a canary and everything. So domestic and - so dull.

• Tod : You know, I never really started to paint well until just before the lights went out. But, I think this is one of my best. There's something about the effects of the hair and the skin texture. Of course, nudes were never my strong suit; but, here I had a particularly beautiful subject. As you can see, this is a portrait of Peggy.

  Scott : Why, excuse me Tod, I-I think you have the wrong painting. This is a picture of some roses and a newspaper.

• Peggy : Have you ever had everything and suddenly had nothing? Nothing but ghosts? Oh, why should I bore you with this.

  Scott : You're not! I think I understand. We're pretty much alike, aren't we?

  Peggy : Yes. Yes, perhaps we are.

  Scott : You're the first one who seems to know what I feel.