Citizen Kane (1941)

William Alland: Jerry Thompson

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• Female reporter : If you could've found out what Rosebud meant, I bet that would've explained everything.

  Jerry Thompson : No, I don't think so; no. Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. Anyway, it wouldn't have explained anything... I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a... piece in a jigsaw puzzle... a missing piece.

• Jerry Thompson : He made an awful lot of money.

  Mr. Bernstein : Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money... if all you want is to make a lot of money.

• Newsreel Narrator : [at beginning of news reel on Charles Foster Kane's death]  In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree.

• The Headwaiter : [Susan coughs as she sits at the table]  Miss Alexander? This is Mr. Thompson, Miss Alexander.

  Susan Alexander Kane : I want another drink, John.

  The Headwaiter : Right away. Will you have something, Mr. Thompson?

  Jerry Thompson : I'll have a highball, please.

  Susan Alexander Kane : Who told you you could sit down?

  Jerry Thompson : I thought maybe we could have a talk together.

  Susan Alexander Kane : Well, think again. Can't you people leave me alone? I'm minding my own business, you mind yours.

  Jerry Thompson : If I could just have a little talk with you, Miss Alexander, I'd like to ask you...

  Susan Alexander Kane : Get out of here. Get out!

  Jerry Thompson : Sorry, maybe some other time. She won't talk to nobody. Gino, get her another highball.

  The Headwaiter : She just won't talk to nobody, Mr. Thompson.

  Jerry Thompson : Okay.