Period of Adjustment (1962)

Lois Nettleton: Dorothea Bates

Quotes 

• Dorothea Bates : Ralph?

  Ralph Baitz : Yeah?

  Dorothea Bates : Did you really think I was homely?

  Ralph Baitz : Oh, no, no, Dotty, no honey. You were never *really* homely. You just had sort of a... off-beat face, that's all.

  [They both chuckle] 

• Ralph Baitz : I didn't marry you grittin' my teeth and shudderin', the way you make it sound. Honey, I liked you. I sincerely liked and respected you.

  Dorothea Bates : I don't wanna be respected. That's the way men feel about homely women.

  Ralph Baitz : But you're not homely. Not anymore.

  Dorothea Bates : When you been a homely girl, you feel homely all your life. They can change your teeth or fix your nose, give you a whole new face- doesn't make any difference. You always know.

  Ralph Baitz : Dotty, look, I've told you a hundred times. You've improved in appearance.

  Dorothea Bates : But every time you see a beautiful girl... you feel cheated.

  Ralph Baitz : Honey, anytime any married man sees a beautiful girl he feels cheated.