Manpower (1941)
Marlene Dietrich: Fay Duval
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Quotes
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Hank 'Gimpy' McHenry : I ain't used to havin' women servin' me breakfast. I guess there is somethin' to this marriage business after all. How long has this been going on?
Fay Duval : Since Adam and Eve.
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Fay Duval : I don't get anything out of this joint but tired.
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Fay Duval : If I want to roll in the gutter, let me roll.
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Fay Duval : Have you got a cigarette? I bet I look like something that came in with the tide. I sure could use some powder and lipstick.
Johnny Marshall : Sorry, I left mine at home.
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Johnny Marshall : It's a good thing that stuff ain't fattening.
Fay Duval : I could use a couple of pounds. The rest cure didn't do my figure any good.
Drug Store Clerk : It didn't do it any harm.
Johnny Marshall : Go on, jerk yourself a soda.
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Fay Duval : [props her leg up] Say, doc, you got something to take out a spot?
Drug Store Clerk : Oh, yes, ma'am. We always keep it handy.
[walks over with the spot remover and rubs an area of Fay's dress above her propped up knee]
Fay Duval : How's the view from your angle?
Johnny Marshall : I've seen as good.
Drug Store Clerk : There! Any other spots?
Fay Duval : No, what do you think I am? A leopard?
Drug Store Clerk : Oh there's one.
[touches Fay's bottom and Fay slaps away his hand]
Fay Duval : I'll handle that one.
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Johnny Marshall : What are you gonna do in LA?
Fay Duval : Oh, I'll get by, one way or the other.
Johnny Marshall : Why don't you try the other way for a change.
Fay Duval : Because there's too many guys like you - crawling around.
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Smiley Quinn : Now, go on, be like me, just lose yourself in your work.
Fay Duval : It doesn't help. I always find myself again.
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Hank 'Gimpy' McHenry : I bet you ain't gettin' rich in this flea bag.
Fay Duval : You're right. I don't get anything out of this joint, but tired.
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Fay Duval : What's going on? What is on your mind?
Hank 'Gimpy' McHenry : Nothing. Say, does a guy have to have somthin' on his mind when he gives a dame a present?
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Fay Duval : I don't like to give a good guy a bad shake.
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Fay Duval : The tinhorns that talk biggest, scream the loudest when they get the check. You're so cheap, you're wholesale.
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Fay Duval : What makes you think I couldn't level with the guy?
Johnny Marshall : You couldn't even level with yourself. You got that clip joint in your blood and you'll never lose it.
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Fay Duval : All right, go on. Hit me again if that makes you feel any better. I've been hit before and harder.
Johnny Marshall : That wasn't anything the way you're gonna be smacked if I ever catch you out of line again.
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Fay Duval : For a change, I'm going to do what I want to.
Johnny Marshall : I'm not asking what you're going to do, sister. I'm telling you!
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Fay Duval : I was running away from you. Because you're always around. And I couldn't stand to look at you any more without touching you. I was going crazy every time I thought of you.
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Fay Duval : I was setting myself up behind the eight ball again. And I was going to take the worst of it. As usual! Well, that's what I was going to do. That's what I tried to do.