The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Gia Scala: Estelle Novick

Quotes 

• Estelle Novick : I find most people drink to escape from something. What do you drink to escape from, Mr. Poole?

  August 'Augie' Poole : [Making silly face at her]  The ravages of alcohol!

• Estelle Novick : What school did you go to, Mr. Poole?

  August 'Augie' Poole : Oh, I never went past high school.

  Estelle Novick : How did you get along there?

  August 'Augie' Poole : Terrible. Everybody hated me because I was so popular.

• Estelle Novick : How would you deal with a child who won't eat?

  August 'Augie' Poole : Send him to bed without any supper.

  Estelle Novick : And how would you compare the problem of raising children from one to five, with those from five to seven? Which do you think is the more important period?

  August 'Augie' Poole : [Somewhat tipsy, he whistles to himself for a few seconds while pondering her question]  Five to seven.

  Estelle Novick : Why?

  August 'Augie' Poole : 'Cause that's the cocktail hour!

  [laughs at his attempt at humor, while Ms. Novick remains unimpressed] 

• August 'Augie' Poole : You know, Miss Novick, uh, it's hard to think of you as a man of science.

  Estelle Novick : I run into that all the time.

  August 'Augie' Poole : I'll bet.

  Estelle Novick : Last year I was with a team of anthropologists, and we made a study of sexual patterns in New Guinea.

  August 'Augie' Poole : Yeah, I guess there's a lot of that going on there, too.

• August 'Augie' Poole : I feel relaxed with you. Uh, "released," you know what I mean?

  Estelle Novick : Yes, I think I do. It's what the poets call "the shock of recognition."