An American in Paris (1951)
Nina Foch: Milo Roberts
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Quotes
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Jerry Mulligan : That's... quite a dress you almost have on.
Milo Roberts : Thanks.
Jerry Mulligan : What holds it up?
Milo Roberts : Modesty.
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Milo Roberts : [after watching Jerry dismiss a young woman looking at his work] Do you mind if I have a look, or will you chew my head off too?
Jerry Mulligan : No, you're all right.
Milo Roberts : Oh, thank you.
Jerry Mulligan : She's just one of those third year girls who gripe my liver.
Milo Roberts : Third year girls?
Jerry Mulligan : Yeah, you know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. They give me a swift pain.
Milo Roberts : Why? They're harmless enough.
Jerry Mulligan : They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.
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Milo Roberts : Why do you make such an issue of money?
Jerry Mulligan : Because I ain't got any. And when you ain't got any, it takes on a curious significance.
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Jerry Mulligan : Where is everybody?
Milo Roberts : Here.
Jerry Mulligan : Downstairs?
Milo Roberts : No, here in this room.
Jerry Mulligan : What about that extra girl?
Milo Roberts : That's me.
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Jerry Mulligan : Hey, uh, how'd you come by all these worldly possessions? A rich husband or a rich father?
Milo Roberts : Father.
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Milo Roberts : What's your name?
Jerry Mulligan : Jerry Mulligan. What's yours?
Milo Roberts : Milo Roberts.
Jerry Mulligan : Milo?
Milo Roberts : Yeah, as in "Venus de".
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Milo Roberts : By golly, you know, these are good! I've seen hundreds of paintings by young artists and not one has impressed me till these!
Jerry Mulligan : Yeah? I'm glad. Makes it easier to give up.
Milo Roberts : Give up?
Jerry Mulligan : Yeah. It's kind of hard for an artist to sell. A writer, a composer can buy a copy of what they create. But, with a painter, it's the original that counts. Once that's gone, it's out of his life.
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Milo Roberts : Will that be satisfactory?
Jerry Mulligan : That'll be good and satisfactory.
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Jerry Mulligan : Are you sure you know what you're doing?
Milo Roberts : What do you care?
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Tommy Baldwin : Milo, you're going to have trouble with that one.
Milo Roberts : Oh no, I'm not. He's just not - housebroken yet. That's all.
Tommy Baldwin : When are you going to stop getting yourself involvied yourself with young itinerant artists?
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Jerry Mulligan : I want some champagne!
Milo Roberts : So do I! They all seem a bottle ahead of us!
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Milo Roberts : Oh, I feel like a woman - for a change.