Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Jean Peters: Anita Hutchins

Quotes 

• [Walking down a street in Rome, Maria gets a pinch from a fresh young Italian man] 

  Maria Williams : Anita, somebody pinched me.

  Anita Hutchins : Don't look back. It's considered an encouragement. Just pretend you didn't notice.

  Anita Hutchins : Are you kidding? I'll kick him right in his antipasto!

• Anita Hutchins : It's a good thing I'm going home. With you around here I'd be in a puddle of trouble in no time.

• Maria Williams : No wonder you're going home to be married.

  Anita Hutchins : I'm not even engaged. I just gave that as an excuse to the agency for leaving. But, at least I am going back to a country where I hope some nice guy will ask me. That's why I didn't throw a coin in the fountain of Trevi.

  Maria Williams : Oh, dear. It looks as though I've wasted a perfectly good penny.

• Anita Hutchins : What's in the valley below?

  Giorgio Bianchi : The bottom of the hill.

• Maria Williams : Oh, when do I meet my boss?

  Anita Hutchins : After breakfast. We'll all drive to work together. You'll meet him in plenty of time. There's nothing rushed in Rome.

  Maria Williams : Oh, I'm going to like Rome!

• Miss Frances : Perhaps we better warn our friend about Dino, before she meets him.

  Anita Hutchins : He's known as the Predatory Prince.

  Miss Frances : And girls who are seen in his company more than once, are known as Venice Girls.

  Maria Williams : Why?

  Miss Frances : Well, the time always comes when he asks you to fly to Venice with him.

  Anita Hutchins : And once you're known as a Venice Girl, you might as well go home.

• Maria Williams : He's nice! Oh, I don't believe he's the wolf you say. Why, he looks as innocent as a little boy.

  Anita Hutchins : Oh, that he does. But, don't try taking him on your lap and mother him. You'll find yourself suddenly screaming for the police.

• Maria Williams : Except for that handsome Prince, not one attractive man came near us at the party.

  Anita Hutchins : Well, I guess now is as good time as any to disillusion you. If you're a romantic, Rome is not the city for you.

  Maria Williams : Why not?

  Anita Hutchins : Well, the wealthy Italians don't waste their time on secretaries and the Italians who work at the agency are too poor.

• Maria Williams : Well, where were you?

  Anita Hutchins : [daydreaming]  I was just wondering how it would feel to ride to work on the handlebars of a bicycle.

• Maria Williams : What's that?

  Miss Frances : That's the fountain of Trevi.

  Anita Hutchins : Do you want to see it? If you throw a coin in the pool you're supposed to get your wish! Only the wish must always be the same thing: that you return again to Rome.

  Miss Frances : I tossed a coin into the fountain, every April, for the last 15 years. It's my Spring ritual. It's time to throw one in again.

  Anita Hutchins : Don't you want to wish?

  Maria Williams : Oh, yes. Keep me in Rome at least a year, Mr. Fountain.

  Anita Hutchins : No! No, no. You have to turn around, throw it over your shoulder.

• Anita Hutchins : I forgot to tell you. There's a policy here. Secretaries are not allowed to go out with local employees. Mr. Burgoyne's policy, if you please.