The Front (1976)
Andrea Marcovicci: Florence Barrett
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Quotes
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Howard Prince : Where are you from?
Florence Barrett : Connecticut.
Howard Prince : That's - that's very ritzy.
Florence Barrett : It's very proper anyway. I was very well bred - the kind of family where the biggest sin was to raise your voice.
Howard Prince : Oh yeah? In my family the biggest sin was to buy retail.
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Florence Barrett : A writer looks for trouble.
Howard Prince : No, wrong. A lunatic looks for trouble.
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Florence Barrett : Do you want a drink?
Howard Prince : [distracted and worried] Yeah, but just a drink.
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Florence Barrett : Howard Prince, I'd like you to meet Steve Parks, who plays the lead in the show.
Steve Parks : It's a marvelous script.
Howard Prince : Thank you very much.
Florence Barrett : And Hecky Brown...
Hecky Brown : Who plays with himself.
Florence Barrett : ...who plays the narrator.
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Florence Barrett : You're lucky you're a writer... and not an actor. At least with a writer, if he gets blacklisted, he can always still write. An actor, what's he going to do if he can't show his face?
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Florence Barrett : Howard, I really ought to tell you. I'm involved.
Howard Prince : I don't understand. What is that, are you married?
Florence Barrett : No, but involved.
Howard Prince : So what? I mean, you telling me that you're one of those "one guy at a time" people?
[Florence nods affirmatively]
Howard Prince : Yeah? Okay. Here's what I say to you - we go out, don't bring him along. Right?
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Florence Barrett : I believe in personal responsibility, Howard. If you believe, act.
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Howard Prince : You come bursting in here, you're ready to start a revolution. For God's sake, Florence, what are you trying to do?
Florence Barrett : I want us to fight them, not get bought off.
Howard Prince : I'm not mad at anybody.
Florence Barrett : We live in the world, Howard.
Howard Prince : No, you live in the world, I live right here.
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Howard Prince : Oh, Jesus, you know, we got such a terrific relationship going. So why do you want to spoil it?
Florence Barrett : A relationship isn't only sex, you know. There are more important aspects.
Howard Prince : I know there are. Like what?
Florence Barrett : Human rights.
Howard Prince : What about my rights? I'm a human. What happened to my rights all of a sudden?
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Florence Barrett : They count on our silence, you know. People keeping quiet, afraid to speak up. Do you know what I'm going to do? Publish a newspaper. Well, anyway, a pamphlet- Facts About Blacklists. Do you like the title?