Carnival Story (1954)

Anne Baxter: Willi

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Quotes 

• Willie : Until I met you, I never knew how rotten I was.

• Joe Hammond : What's the matter? What's this? You've been kissed before...

  Willie : What difference does that make? If I'd been married before, would that make you wanna marry me? If I'd been hurt before, would that make you wanna hurt me?

• Frank Colloni : Would you mind taking off your dress?

  Willie : Sometimes there are phrases in English I do not understand. Did you ask me to take my dress off?

  Frank Colloni : Afraid of me?

  Willie : I'm not afraid of anyone!

  [Willy removes her dress and strikes a pose] 

  Willie : Well?

  Frank Colloni : You know what I was thinking?

  Willie : Probably.

  Frank Colloni : You're wrong. I've been thinking lately the act might go better if I had a partner. That's all. It's just an idea.

• Willie : [to Joe]  If you were *starving* to death and *howling* for food, I wouldn't throw you a *rotten* bone.

  [he backhands her] 

• Joe Hammond : [grabbing her by the shoulders]  You're stuck with me, baby. And you know it. Whatever I am, we're both made of the same kind of stuff.

  Willie : [she pushes him away]  We are not! I'm not *dirty* like you. When I stole your money I was hungry. Whatever I've done wrong shames me. But *you,* you love to *wallow* in the mud.

  [quietly] 

  Willie : You've been paid in full. Now get out of here.