Sabrina (1954)

Marcel Hillaire: The Professor

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• The Professor : Bonjour, mesdames et monsiuers. Yesterday we have learned the correct way how to boil water. Today we will learn the correct way how to crack an egg. Voilà! An egg. Now, an egg is not a stone; it is not made of wood, it is a living thing. It has a heart. So when we crack it, we must not torment it. We must be merciful and execute it quickly, like with the guillotine.

• The Professor : [inspecting the students' soufflés]  Too low. Too pale. Too heavy. Too low. Too *high*, you are exaggerating. Fair. So-so. Sloppy.

  [he gets to the Baron] 

  The Professor : Mm. Superb. My dear Baron, you have not lost your touch.

  [he looks at Sabrina's] 

  The Professor : Much too low.

  Sabrina Fairchild : [looking at her soufflé]  I don't know what happened.

  Baron St. Fontanel : I will tell you what happened: you forgot to turn on the oven.

  Sabrina Fairchild : Oh!