Svengali (1983 TV Movie)

Jodie Foster: Zoe Alexander

Quotes 

• Zoe Alexander : He stuck his fingers in my mouth and he called me a pig!

• Zoe Alexander : The world does not collapse every time you stop looking at it.

• Anton Bosnyak : Tonight, we will not have a lesson. From now on, I would like to work just once a week.

  Zoe Alexander : Why?

  Anton Bosnyak : Well... you're at a very good condition now, and... I need a rest.

  Zoe Alexander : Well, you've worked harder than I have.

  Anton Bosnyak : The young usually don't notice these things.

  Zoe Alexander : Not so young. Twenty-two.

  Anton Bosnyak : Hehe. Poor old lady.

• Anton Bosnyak : [on the bouquet in Zoe's hand]  Somebody gave you flowers.

  Zoe Alexander : Oh, for you.

  [hands him the bouquet] 

  Anton Bosnyak : Oh, thank you, I'll put them in the fridge.

• [last lines] 

  Anton Bosnyak : The word 'teach' means 'to make known'. When you came to me, you didn't know what you were, who you were, nothing. Together, we made your voice known to you; and we made it known to you by making yourself known to you. The sounds of loving that you make, your sounds of endurance, your betrayals...

  Zoe Alexander : You think I betrayed you?

  Anton Bosnyak : It doesn't matter! Together we were able to release what you are. The work of every artist is to make themselves holy known. Now, I want you to go away, and amaze me.

  Zoe Alexander : I need you!

  Anton Bosnyak : No. You are intact now. Go away, and leave me intact. Please.

  Zoe Alexander : [after a pause]  So... you're sending me away. It's all I was to you? Something, something "amazing", huh?

  Anton Bosnyak : That is all that matters.