Indiscreet (1958)

Cary Grant: Philip Adams

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• Philip Adams : Oh, I tell you. Women are not the sensitive sex. That's one of the grand delusions of literature. Men are the true romanticists.

• Anna Kalman : Now you stay down here and I'll go up and be charming. And keep your fingers crossed.

  Philip Adams : Why can't I go with you?

  Anna Kalman : Well, this is a very delicate and diplomatic matter, I don't want you putting your foot in it.

  Philip Adams : I deal with diplomatic matters every day without feet.

• Anna Kalman : I like a man with a glass in his hand. It's becoming.

  Philip Adams : Oh, in that case, I'll gladly hold it.

  Anna Kalman : You have to sip it once in awhile too. That's part of the picture.

• Philip Adams : I buy you presents because I like to please you.

  [kiss] 

  Anna Kalman : I wish you didn't have any money.

  [kisss] 

  Anna Kalman : I wonder if I would've said that If you hadn't just bought a yacht.

  Philip Adams : Well, let's believe you would.

  [kiss] 

• Anna Kalman : Now, about this present. It looks very expensive. It's so small.

  Philip Adams : Well, it is expensive.

  Anna Kalman : I'll take it. I deserve it.

• Philip Adams : Nothing makes a man feel more ridiculous than being sentimental when a woman is not.

• Philip Adams : Why are you behaving so strangely? You've been in a dozen different moods, Most of which I've never seen before.

  Anna Kalman : Mystery, that is my stock in trade. I'm a woman, you know.

  Philip Adams : I know. I'll testify to that.

• Philip Adams : Sending a rose to the table, that's really adolescent, isn't it?

  Anna Kalman : Well.

  Philip Adams : He's not very considerate, calling you at this time of night.

  Anna Kalman : Well, he knows that I don't go to bed until later. Oh, I'm sorry. That was the wrong thing to say, wasn't it? Try to forget it. Put it out of your mind.

• Anna Kalman : [on the phone]  No, no. I'm not alone. Doris is here.

  Philip Adams : [sitting on the bed next to Anna]  Doris is leaving.

  [leaves] 

• Philip Adams : I think an ex-suitor, who doesn't realize he's an ex-suitor, and doesn't stay ex'd is the most despicable kind of human being! I'd tell him so to his face!

  Anna Kalman : He's taller than you are.

• Anna Kalman : I must say, you've been palming yourself off as a single man.

  Philip Adams : I must've sounded quite idiotic blurting it out like that.

  Anna Kalman : Oh, no, not at all. It was very proper and pertinent.

  Philip Adams : And rather vain, too.

  Anna Kalman : Vain? Why?

  Philip Adams : Well, the implication was that you wouldn't be able to keep your hands off me. That sounds pretty silly, too.

  Anna Kalman : Well, you'll never know now.

• Anna Kalman : It's unusual for the weather to be muggy this time of year.

  Philip Adams : Yes. I read an article the other day that claimed the world's weather was changing.

  Anna Kalman : Really? Well, that's interesting.

  Philip Adams : Yes. Isn't it.

• Philip Adams : I know how "Romeo and Juliet" comes out. It's sad.

• Philip Adams : I must tell you this. I've been sorely tempted to break the rules, And I've been debating it all evening.

  Anna Kalman : Evidently your honor is stronger than my beauty.

• Philip Adams : Those are the rules between grown-up men and women. Or, should be. The trouble is, the game is so one-sided for a man.

  Anna Kalman : Yes, I think it is, too.

• Philip Adams : You don't understand these thing. It's called scattering your risk. You invest in different places.

• Anna Kalman : We are right for each other. We are good for each other, my darling.

  Philip Adams : We are, we are.

• Anna Kalman : I always look at the end of the book. I can never wait.

  Philip Adams : I know. You have no restraint.

• Philip Adams : The Secretary called me into his office, sat me down, and gave me a cigar - a good cigar.

  Anna Kalman : Oh, that's nice. And then?

  Philip Adams : He wanted to know if Id accept a change of assignment. New York.

  Anna Kalman : New York?

  Philip Adams : Yes. That's what I said, New York.

  Anna Kalman : Well, give him his cigar back.

• Philip Adams : You're the most transparent man I ever saw. I hope NATO isn't trusting you with any secrets.

  Philip Adams : Oh, you'd be surprised.

  Anna Kalman : Let's hear one.

  Philip Adams : Oh, you would be surprised, Mata Hari.

• Alfred Munson : There's one thing I'm very curious about. I'm hesitant to mention it to you - for fear you'll be offended.

  Philip Adams : Then perhaps you shouldn't.

• Philip Adams : You're very beautiful when you cry.

  Anna Kalman : Oh, I'm sure. Pink eyes. Pink eyes are very becoming.

• Anna Kalman : Don't you dare to scare me like that again. You were definite about refusing, weren't you?

  Philip Adams : No, darling, I left it open.

  Anna Kalman : But why?

  Philip Adams : I wanted your advice.

  Anna Kalman : Well, you have it.

  Philip Adams : Yes, you see, I omitted a sidelight. You do want to hear the case for both sides, don't you?

  Anna Kalman : Well, not particularly.

• Philip Adams : Since I have no intention of getting married, I feel honor-bound to declare myself in the beginning.

  Alfred Munson : But before the favors?

  Philip Adams : Certainly before the favors. That's where the honor comes in.

• Philip Adams : Champagne for the occasion. Some for you. Some for me. I'll swizzle it with my nose.

• Philip Adams : This has turned into one of the most exasperating evenings of my whole life.

  Anna Kalman : Your life isn't over yet.

• Philip Adams : The President, it seems, he's seen you often on the stage, and, he thinks you're charming. That was his exact word.

  Anna Kalman : Charming isn't a very strong word. Not in the theater.

  Philip Adams : Well, the President isn't in the theater.

  Anna Kalman : Oh, that's right.

  Philip Adams : Now, on the other hand, the Ambassador thought you extremely talented and - exciting.

  Anna Kalman : Well, that's much better.

  Philip Adams : And I agreed with both of them. You see what a diplomat I am?