Man of the World (1931)
William Powell: Michael Trevor
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Quotes
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Irene Hoffa : What are you driving at?
Michael Trevor : Meaning?
Irene Hoffa : I wasn't born yesterday.
Michael Trevor : You have a gift for unnecessary remarks.
Irene Hoffa : Never mind my gift.
Michael Trevor : All right. We'll never mind all your gifts.
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Michael Trevor : I suppose Paris means something different for everyone. For you, I imagine it means clothes. To Mr. Reynolds, uh, an interlude. Pause between business deals. To your uncle, I daresay it means, uh, change.
Mary Kendall : And to you?
Michael Trevor : I don't know. There was a time when it meant everything: gaiety, glamour, adventure. Now...
Mary Kendall : And now?
Michael Trevor : Now it's just a place to live - and eat onion soup at 1:00 in the morning. In America at this hour I suppose it would mean chop suey.
Frank Reynolds : Give me chop suey every time.
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Michael Trevor : Years ago I used to be a - a reporter. After we put the paper to bed at night, we used to stop in at a little place on the corner for chop suey and, uh...
Frank Reynolds : Foo young.
Michael Trevor : Foo young. I hadn't thought of that for years.
Mary Kendall : I suppose living in Paris makes up for not having a bowl of chop suey.
Michael Trevor : I suppose so. It's not the chop suey you miss. It's what it stands for. Home. America. Friends. Fellows I used to know. Plain things without sauces.
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Michael Trevor : Bon soir, Marie.
Hatcheck girl : [Taking his hat and coat] Bon soir, Monsieur Trevor. How is every little thing, big boy? Hotsy-totsy?
Michael Trevor : Hmm. You're getting on, Marie.
Hatcheck girl : Thank you.
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Harry Taylor : Paris is certainly a liberal education. Isn't it? I thought I'd seen a lot, but let me tell you. These Frenchmen...
Michael Trevor : Uh, French.
Harry Taylor : And how!
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Harry Taylor : There was a little redhead at the Folies-Bergere the other night. And let me tell you...
Michael Trevor : Ah, yes. I know. I know.
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Michael Trevor : You mean to say that you, uh, don't find even a trace of that 'je ne sais quoi' for which France is so famous?
Harry Taylor : Not a jenny.
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Michael Trevor : Somehow I, uh, couldn't recall what it was I had forgotten.
Irene Harper : I hope your fit of aphasia didn't include Harry Taylor.
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Michael Trevor : You are a silly little girl, aren't you?