Two-Faced Woman (1941)

Greta Garbo: Karin Blake

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Quotes 

• Katherine Borg : I like older men. They're so grateful.

• Karin Borg : My name is Borg.

• Katherine Borg : This is a strange rendezvous. In fact, in my experience, unique.

• Karin Borg : No, no. Bend your knees.

• Larry Blake : What do we do when we get to the top?

  Karin Borg : We come down.

  Larry Blake : That seems pointless. You go up, you come down. Where does it get ya?

• Larry Blake : How about a drink?

  Karin Borg : Thank you. I don't drink.

  Larry Blake : Never?

  Karin Borg : Never.

  Larry Blake : How do you keep warm? It's very stimulating.

  Karin Borg : I get my stimulation from the outdoors.

• Larry Blake : The moment I saw you, I knew I wanted special instructions.

  Karin Blake : The moment I saw you, I knew I wanted to give them to you.

• Larry Blake : How's New York? How's the magazine? How's the universe? I can tell you. It's *vibrating* with happiness. Karin, can you hear it vibrating?

  Karin Blake : I can hear it distinctly.

• Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : We thought you were lost forever.

  Larry Blake : I am.

  Karin Blake : Sweet.

• Karin Blake : Don't you remember in the motel? Where we spent the night?

  Larry Blake : Did we spend the night in a motel?

  Karin Blake : We certainly did.

  Larry Blake : [slyly smiles]  Oh, that's right, we did. Darling.

• Karin Blake : Do you always get yourself up like a bird of paradise just to go to bed?

• Larry Blake : It's a half-truth.

  Karin Blake : I don't like half-truths.

  Larry Blake : Look, my dearest, my wonderful, all life's a half-truth! A compromise.

  Karin Blake : Not my life.

• Karin Blake : I can't imagine anything better than this. It seems to me this country, around here, has everything. Even pineapples! Look. The tropics in the snow.

  O.O. Miller : I hate raw fruit.

• Karin Blake : I see that there are two of you.

  Larry Blake : Don't talk riddles!

  Karin Blake : There's the poetic young man who wants to live a simple life and Napoleon. I prefer the poetic young man.

• Katherine Borg : Mr. Miller? It is, Mr. Miller, isn't it?

  O.O. Miller : Yes. I'm your father's husband. I mean, his wife is my father's wife. I mean, I'm your sister. Oh, Miss Ellis, what do I mean?

  Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Her sister's husband's partner.

  O.O. Miller : Oh, we're all mixed up.

• Griselda Vaughn : Do you ski also, Miss Borg?

  Katherine Borg : No, I don't ski.

  Griselda Vaughn : What's your specialty?

  Katherine Borg : Life.

• Griselda Vaughn : Did you escape in evening clothes?

  Katherine Borg : Oh, these! I just slipped into these.

  Griselda Vaughn : You slipped.

  Dick Williams : I love the way you slip.

• Katherine Borg : I'm beyond the point where young men interest me.

  O.O. Miller : Go home, Dickie. You're underage.

  Dick Williams : Well, I'll wear a beard. I'll look like Santa Claus.

  Katherine Borg : Why don't you just play Santa Claus. You don't have to look like him.

• Dick Williams : All I have is your's, Miss Borg.

  Katherine Borg : Don't be reckless, Mr. Williams.

  Dick Williams : Ah, but, it's too late to tell me that, Miss Borg.

• Griselda Vaughn : Where did you get this technique? In Scandinavia?

  Katherine Borg : Oh, it's international!

• Katherine Borg : Outside of love, everything else seems to be a waste of time. I like men! Preferably, rich men.

• Katherine Borg : I see my future. I'm a flower of evil. A few more burning, flame-like years and then the end. In this harsh, new world, there is no place for me any more.

• Katherine Borg : Nice boy. He reminds me of an Englishman I met in Singapore.

  Larry Blake : What became of him?

  Katherine Borg : He killed himself.

  Larry Blake : Over you?

  Katherine Borg : So the gossip says.

  Larry Blake : Oh, people don't kill themselves over women anymore. That's old stuff.

  Katherine Borg : I hope you're right, Lawrence; because, incidents like that depress me.

• Karin Blake : Don't be gay.

  Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Oh, you daughters of joy are so gloomy. Why is that?

• Karin Blake : He doesn't love me.

  Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : How do you know?

  Karin Blake : He made love to me!

• Karin Blake : Last night taught me a great deal. I know now what my sophisticated husband wants: a smoldering siren.

  Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Vamps, we used to call them.

  Karin Blake : Very well! I will smolder. I'll siren. I'll vamp him to a crisp!

  Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : You love him!

  Karin Blake : Love him? I'll divorce him.

• Katherine Borg : I look up the word you told me to in the dictionary: alone. I know now what it means. It means to be with you.

  Larry Blake : Well, that's my idea of a charming dictionary. I'll have to give you some more words to look up.

  Katherine Borg : Do!

• Katherine Borg : I would like...

  Larry Blake : A star? A carpet to the moon? Some cream from the milky way? I'll ring the waiter.

  Katherine Borg : What would I do with a star? A carpet to the moon is too bulky and I hate cream, it's fattening.

  Larry Blake : What then?

  Katherine Borg : A glass of champagne.

  Larry Blake : Oh, your demands are terrific; but, I'll meet them.

  Katherine Borg : I knew you would.

• Katherine Borg : [repeated line - when Larry tries to kiss her]  Not yet.

• Katherine Borg : I'm far from innocent and not very good.

• Karin Blake : If the urge is so great, what are you waiting for?

• Larry Blake : While you're there, I can make up my mind which one of you I want permanently.

  Karin Blake : Perhaps you want both of us?

  Larry Blake : Very possibly. Say, that isn't a bad idea. You for the outdoor life and - Katherine for the...

  Karin Blake : Well, never mind. Even my sister wouldn't take you on those terms.

  Larry Blake : You don't know your sister. She knows men. She understands me. I understand her!

  Karin Blake : Well, there's one thing you don't understand.

  Larry Blake : I can't think what it is?

  Karin Blake : Me!

• Larry Blake : Can't you look a this thing impersonally?

  Karin Blake : That's just what I'm doing and the effect is revolting!

  Larry Blake : Oh, don't take on so. Once I settle down with the two of you, I'll never look at another woman.

• Karin Blake : I am not respectable! Don't talk to me like that!