Madame X (1929)

Ullrich Haupt: Laroque

Quotes 

• Laroque : What are you doing in South America?

  Jacqueline : I don't remember. What are you doing?

  Laroque : I? Oh, there are so many ways one can earn an honest penny.

  Jacqueline : I hope you won't think I"m rude if I suggest that I don't think an honest penny would interest you a bit.

  Laroque : [laughs]  That's great. I tell you, you are clever. You are devilishly clever, you know.

  Jacqueline : That's why I'm where I am today, because I'm too clever.

  Laroque : [Still laughing]  Never mind, that really was a good one. You are clever. Here, have a drink.

• Laroque : I think you and I could do very well together. Tell me, do you know something about cards?

  Jacqueline : A little, why?

  Laroque : Isn't that funny? Isn't that funny? You know I'm a mind reader, huh? Yes, I knew, you know something about cards. Really! You know, I'm a mind reader.

  Jacqueline : Well?

  Laroque : Well, first of all, I'm going to pay all your bills.

  Jacqueline : Oh, you're a fortune teller too, aren't you?

  Laroque : Yes! I'm a bit of everything.

• Jacqueline : You aren't a Frenchman, are you?

  Laroque : By the grace of heaven, I'm an Alsatian.

• Jacqueline : Now, look here, my friend, I've seen a lot of life. Too much. It isn't at all necessary to indulge in all these little niceties. What do you want of me? Now, that you're good enough to take on my obligations. What is it?

  Laroque : That's just what I wish to hear. This is a great country, plenty of rich young men and, eh, you look, why, I mean, you could look quite respectable.

  Jacqueline : Oh, thanks.

  Laroque : Oh, oh, oh, I'm sorry. I beg your pardon. Now, these men love to play cards, you know, bet on horses, you get the idea, don't you?

  Jacqueline : Not being a horse, I'm afraid not.

  Laroque : You really are clever! Really!

• Laroque : You're a French woman, hmm?

  Laroque : I was a French lady.

  Laroque : Oh, oh, I'm sure of it.

• Laroque : I shouldn't like to see a great French lady on the floor.

  Jacqueline : Now, you're being nasty to me again. And I don't want you to be nasty to me.

• Jacqueline : I've been a good comrade of yours, haven't I?

  Laroque : Oh, truly, you have. Certainly! But, when you fill yourself up with that infernal absinthe, you're so contradictory. First you tell me one thing and then you tell me another. Now, I don't care who you were, you understand? Only, baby, it's not nice to lie to me.

  Jacqueline : I don't lie to you. I never have.