The Sound of Music (1965)

Richard Haydn: Max Detweiler

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• Max : How many have I had?

  Maid : Two.

  Max : Make it an uneven three.

• Max : The Von Trapp Family Singers. Here are your names: Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Brigitta, Kurt, Marta and Gretl.

  Gretl : Why am I always last?

  Max : Because you are the most important.

• Max : Friedrich, Gretl, why don't you sing?

  Gretl : I can't, I've got a sore finger.

• Max : I like rich people. I like the way they live. I like the way I live when I'm with them.

• Max : He's got to at least *pretend* to work with these people. You must convince him.

  Maria : I can't ask him to be less than he is.

• Marta : Can we really keep the puppet show, Uncle Max?

  Max : Of course. Why else do you think I had Professor Cohen send the bill to your father?

• Max : Hold on. What's so funny?

  Captain von Trapp : You are, Max. Expensive, but very funny.

• Max : I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you!

• Max : What's going to happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.

  Captain von Trapp : Max. Don't you *ever* say that again.

  Max : You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?

  Captain von Trapp : Oh yes, you can help it. You must help it.

• Max : I hope you appreciate the sacrifice I'm making.

  Captain von Trapp : You have no choice.

  Max : I know... That's why I'm making it.

• [talking about pink lemonade] 

  The Baroness : Not too sweet, not too sour.

  Max : Just too, uh... pink.

• Brigitta : Uncle Max, are you sure Father will approve of our singing in public?

  Max : Oh, he'll be pleased and proud.

  Brigitta : Liesl, do you think so?

  Max : Don't you trust me?

  Brigitta : No.

  Max : You're a very intelligent girl.

• The Baroness : Why didn't you tell me?

  Max : What?

  The Baroness : To bring along my harmonica.

• Max : Even if it's to a height of 10,000 feet, Georg always believes in *rising* to the occasion!

  Captain von Trapp : Unless the jokes improve I'm taking back my invitation.

• Max : What's gonna happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.

• Max : Even if it's to a height of 10,000 feet... Georg always believes in rising to the occasion.

• Captain von Trapp : Unless the jokes improve, Max, I'm taking back my invitation.

  Max : You didn't invite me to your villa. I invited myself.

  The Baroness : Naturally.

  Max : You needed a chaperone, and I needed a place to stay where the cuisine is superb... the wine cellar unexcelled and the price, uh, perfect.

  The Baroness : Max, you are outrageous!

  Max : Not at all. I'm a very charming sponge.

• Max : I must explore this territory in the next few days. Somewhere a hungry little singing group is waiting for Max Detweiler... to pluck it out of obscurity and make it famous at the Salzburg Folk Festival.

  Captain von Trapp : They get the fame. You get the money.

  Max : 'Tis unfair, I admit it. But someday that'll be changed. I shall get the fame too.

• Max : If there's one thing I hate, it's a thief.

  Captain von Trapp : Max, you really must try and learn to love yourself.

• The Baroness : Oh, he's no ordinary man.

  Max : No. He's rich.

  The Baroness : When his wife died, she left him with a terrible heartache.

  Max : And when your husband died, he left you with a terrible fortune.

  The Baroness : Oh, Max, you really are a beast.

  Max : You and Georg are like family to me. That's why I want to see you two get married. We must keep all that lovely money in the family.

• Max : You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?

  Captain von Trapp : Oh, yes, you can help it! You must help it.

• Liesl : Is Father going to be in trouble?

  Max : He doesn't have to be. The thing to do these days is to get along with everybody.

• Max : I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you.

• Max : Georg, this is for Austria.

  Captain von Trapp : For Austria? There is no Austria!

• Max : I hope you appreciate the sacrifice I'm making.

  Captain von Trapp : You have no choice.

  Max : I know. That's why I'm making it.

• Herr Zeller : And you ask me to believe this, that you, Captain von Trapp, are singing in a concert?

  Max : Believe me, it will be a performance beyond anything even I've dreamt of.

  Captain von Trapp : Like you, Herr Zeller... I, too, am a man of hidden talents.