Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Marilyn Monroe: Nell Forbes
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Quotes
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Jed Towers : Hello. Are you the girl in 809?
Nell Forbes : Why, yes. Who is
[Jed answers before Nell finishes her question]
Jed Towers : I'm the guy in 821, across the court. Can I ask you a question?
Nell Forbes : I don't know; I suppose so. Are you sure you want me?
Jed Towers : Yeah, you're the one I want, all right. Are you doing anything you couldn't be doing better with somebody else?
Nell Forbes : I guess I'll have to hang up!
Jed Towers : Why? You cant get hurt on a telephone.
Nell Forbes : Who are you?
Jed Towers : I told you. The man across the way; a lonely soul.
Nell Forbes : You sound peculiar.
Jed Towers : I'm not peculiar; I'm just frustrated. And I got a bottle of rye. And as I was saying, what are you doing?
Nell Forbes : What's your name?
Jed Towers : Uh... Billy.
Nell Forbes : Oh...
Jed Towers : What's the matter? Don't you like Billy?
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Nell Forbes : You look so different in those clothes.
Eddie Forbes : I'm different all the time.
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Nell Forbes : Did you fly a bomber during the war?
Jed Towers : Who didn't?
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Jed Towers : Why didn't you tell me you were working here?
Nell Forbes : I'm not. I'm just doing it for the night.
Jed Towers : Yeah, I know. You're an heiress. Tomorrow morning, you ride through your estate sidesaddle.
Nell Forbes : She made you say that!
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Nell Forbes : You mustn't worry about me, Eddie. I like being in a hotel.
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Nell Forbes : How high do we go?
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Bunny Jones : Are you tattooed?
Nell Forbes : No. Are you?
Bunny Jones : Not now. But I'm gonna be when I grow up.
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Nell Forbes : You could have stuff like this, Nell. Kimonos, and rings, and toilet water with Italian names. A handsome girl like you.
Eddie Forbes : No, I can't! I can't!
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Nell Forbes : I like you.
Jed Towers : Thanks.
Nell Forbes : I'll probably dream about you tonight.
Jed Towers : Don't be rash.
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Nell Forbes : You came over to flirt, didn't you?
Jed Towers : Well, I guess that was the general idea.
Nell Forbes : I don't mind. As long as you're not grouchy about it.
Jed Towers : Oh, I'm never grouchy.
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Jed Towers : How are you going? To South America.
Nell Forbes : Oh. By sea. Are you really going? How?
Jed Towers : By turtle. I own a big turtle, I'm gonna ride on his back.
Nell Forbes : [giggles] Well, some day I will. I'm going to go down there and drink a lot of coffee. I'm going to talk to all the parrots. Maybe we'll go together.
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Nell Forbes : I haven't had earrings on for three years. All through high school, I never had a dress to wear out at night. If I liked a boy, my folks would whip me. When I went away from them, I didn't cry. A month ago, I came here on a bus from Oregon. At night on the highway, we'd pass those big trucks with those little lights all over them - like Christmas trees. And then I was here. I'd walk down the street, look in the beautiful stores. Eddie calls it "window-wishing." Then I got this job tonight.
[looks down at negligee she's wearing]
Nell Forbes : And this was hanging up. And the earrings. I couldn't help it. I was gonna put them back.
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Nell Forbes : If you go, then none of it can be true.
Jed Towers : None of what? Half the time, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Jed Towers : I can't figure you out. You're silk on one side and sandpaper on the other.
Nell Forbes : I'll be any way you want me to be.
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Nell Forbes : He tries to get tough. He doesn't have any respect what people really want. I know what I mean.
Jed Towers : You mean he hasn't got an understanding heart.
Nell Forbes : Yes, that's it exactly. He's not the way you are at all.
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Jed Towers : Now, look, my odd bird, everybody's entitled to his own little kinks; but, nothing like this.
Nell Forbes : He insulted me.
Jed Towers : That's no reason for murder.
