Houseboat (1958)
Sophia Loren: Cinzia Zaccardi
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Quotes
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Robert Winters : That's you, sir.
Tom Winters : Who, sir? Me, sir?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Yes, sir. You, sir.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : [singing] Bing, bang, bong! Bing, bang, bong! Presto, presto, do your very best-o, Don't hang back like a shy little kid, You'll be so glad that you did what you did, If you do it with a bing, bang, bong!
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Tom Winters : [after punishing his son] Well, now where were we?
Cinzia Zaccardi : [She turns on the spray paint and sprays him in the face on purpose] Oops.
Tom Winters : Thank you, Michelangelo. Thank you.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : I am already 22 and I haven't yet given my first performance for a man, any man!
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Cinzia Zaccardi : I'm tired of the best people. I wish i could meet some of the worst people!
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Angelo Donatello : The Sons of Italy ball. We'll tie one on together, huh? What do you say? You want to be the lucky girl this year?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Mr. Donatello, you have a certain native charm. Please reserve it for the natives.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : I can make boiled eggs very well now and cereal. I just pour in milk, and it goes crack, pop, and snap. It does all the work. Even i cannot spoil it.
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Elizabeth Winters : Listen, about married people.
Cinzia Zaccardi : What?
Elizabeth Winters : Do they sleep in the same bed together?
Elizabeth Winters : In America, sometimes. In Italy, always.
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Robert Winters : Anybody does anything to you again, just let me know, no matter who.
Cinzia Zaccardi : Whom!
Robert Winters : Who.
Cinzia Zaccardi : Who.
Robert Winters : Cinzia?
Cinzia Zaccardi : What?
Robert Winters : Darn, why do I have to be only 13 years old?
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Capt. Alan Wilson : [to Cinzia in an evening dress] I love your new uniform. What do you wear on your day off? Eleanor, we're going to have to get rid of Sadie the Scrubber. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what i call a maid.
[spanks Cinzia's behind]
Cinzia Zaccardi : Uhh! There are those who require alcohol to give them courage. I'm not one of them.
[throws a Martini in Alan's face]
Cinzia Zaccardi : Is it dry enough?
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Tom Winters : Well, you must have had a lot of experience raising children.
Cinzia Zaccardi : No, I have no experience. But I know when a little child is unhappy. I know, and how I know, when a father is unreasonable. Try to be a parent, not a policeman.
Tom Winters : I don't know what you know about parents. But I imagine you've had a wide acquaintance amongst policemen.
[Cinzia slaps him]
Tom Winters : I'll have to call one if you keep that up.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : Can you select a melon for me?
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Cinzia Zaccardi : Where is their mother?
Tom Winters : What did you say?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Their mother?
Tom Winters : You are looking at her. I'm a little new at the job.
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Tom Winters : How long is it since you had a bath?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Che cosa?
Tom Winters : A bath! You look as if you need a good scrubbing.
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Tom Winters : You'll get a spanking you'll never forget.
Cinzia Zaccardi : Oh, yes. A *spanking* solves so many things. Or a slap in the face. It's so much easier than understanding.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : [singing] One step, two step, Step into a new step, Live your life with a zip and a zing, You'll have the world on the end of a string...
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Cinzia Zaccardi : [singing] Prego, prego, Anywhere you may go, Make each day be a day full of fun...
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Tom Winters : I'm delighted you're the belle of the ball, but ,may I have this next dance?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Oh, yes.
Tom Winters : My recollection is a little hazy, but, I believe I'm the fellow who brought you.
Cinzia Zaccardi : Oh, yes, you are the *stuffy* one.
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Elizabeth Winters : Would it matter, I mean, if i slept with you?
Cinzia Zaccardi : No, it would be all right. But, not all the time.
Elizabeth Winters : Why not? I don't take up much room.
Cinzia Zaccardi : It has something to do with married people.
Elizabeth Winters : I guess he likes you better than he likes me.
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Tom Winters : I think I should apologize for the behavior of the upper classes in America.
Cinzia Zaccardi : They behave like the upper classes in Italy, also the lower classes.
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Cinzia Zaccardi : You see? When a fish comes, the bell rings and announces his arrival. Isn't it nice?
Tom Winters : Very nice. But tell me, do you think if you attach one end to a dust rag, the fish might dust the furniture for you?
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Cinzia Zaccardi : Arriveiderci, Roberto.
Robert Winters : Roberto's me. It's Italian.
Tom Winters : Is it really?
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Angelo Donatello : Hey, why don't you go inside? You know, you're driving me nuts.
Cinzia Zaccardi : It's a free country.
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Robert Winters : You want to go fishing for eels?
Cinzia Zaccardi : Oh, yes. I couldn't think of anything nicer, please.