BUtterfield 8 (1960)

Eddie Fisher: Steve Carpenter

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Quotes 

• Gloria Wandrous : He made me so damn mad. He left me money, he actually left me *money*!

  [pause] 

  Gloria Wandrous : Well what would you have done?

  Steve Carpenter : I don't know. You see my work is designed so that people *will* leave me money.

• Steve Carpenter : I hear he's a lush.

  Gloria Wandrous : A rumor of little mind. We did have a drink last night.

  Steve Carpenter : One?

  Gloria Wandrous : A dozen maybe.

• Gloria Wandrous : Can I help with anything?

  [removes her mink, wearing only a slip] 

  Gloria Wandrous : Could I help you with anything? Housework?

  Steve Carpenter : You put that coat back on.

  Gloria Wandrous : Why?

  Steve Carpenter : Half-dressed women make it difficult to concentrate.

  Gloria Wandrous : Well, then don't!

  [caresses Steve] 

  Gloria Wandrous : Don't think of me as a woman. After all, we're just like brother and sister.

• Gloria Wandrous : I always said I'd try anything once.

  Steve Carpenter : Ever try common sense?

  Gloria Wandrous : Only in desperation.

• Steve Carpenter : What does your analyst say about all this?

  Gloria Wandrous : Oh, I only tell Dr. Tredman what I think he ought to hear.

  Steve Carpenter : Oh, that's very intelligent.

  Gloria Wandrous : If I were intelligent, I wouldn't need a psychiatrist.

• Steve Carpenter : I'm sick of opening that door everyday and finding you boozed up, burned out and ugly.

• Gloria Wandrous : What's my mother gonna think if I show up dressed like this?

  Steve Carpenter : Your mother knows everything about you.

  Gloria Wandrous : Yeah, that may be so, but we never admit it. I'm still her innocent little girl. And she's my dear, sweet cookie-baking mother.

  Steve Carpenter : So go home, give her an innocent smile and - have a cookie.

• Steve Carpenter : What's with you and Yale? Always Yale.

  Gloria Wandrous : It's the last college left.

  Steve Carpenter : What?

  Gloria Wandrous : I started with Amherst, and I worked my way through the alphabet to Yale. I'm stuck there. Of course, I could work backwards again.

• Steve Carpenter : [from the other room]  Are you decent?

  Norma : I am!

  [to Gloria] 

  Norma : You can speak for yourself.

• Norma : It's Gloria or me.

  Steve Carpenter : Are you gonna tell me who I can or can't have for friends?

  Norma : I'm only telling you that you can't kiss me, wishing I were Gloria anymore.

• Gloria Wandrous : I hate to drink and run. To the three of us.

  Steve Carpenter : One for all, and all for one.

  Norma : The question is: which one?

• Steve Carpenter : Let me get this straight. You mean you're handing me an ultimatum?

  Norma : The first ultimatum is always the hardest. Goodbye and good luck.

  Steve Carpenter : Gloria, don't go like this.

  Norma : My name is Norma.

• Norma : What're we gonna do?

  Steve Carpenter : About what?

  Norma : Me. You. Her. Three mixed-up musketeers.

• Steve Carpenter : I don't know where she is. I've been calling BUtterfield 8 for the past four days. They don't know where she is.

  Norma : I do.

  Steve Carpenter : Where?

  Norma : She's way out - in another world.

• Norma : Is she or is she not a tramp?

  Steve Carpenter : I never liked that word.

  Norma : Is she not the biggest tramp in this whole city?

• Steve Carpenter : We keep regular hours. Law and liquor don't go together.