Hoffman (1970)
Sinéad Cusack: Miss Janet Smith
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Quotes
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[Miss Smith is in the bathroom next to the bedroom where Mr Hoffman lays in bed]
Benjamin Hoffman : Ms Smith. Take a letter.
Miss Janet Smith : What?
Benjamin Hoffman : Take a letter Ms Smith.
Miss Janet Smith : [comes out of the bathroom] Now?
Benjamin Hoffman : Yes, now! To Miss Janet Smith, care of this address. Dear Miss Smith, go to bed. Your sincerely. Mr Benjamin Hoffman.
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Benjamin Hoffman : Aspirin.
Miss Janet Smith : Where?
Benjamin Hoffman : In the tea.
Miss Janet Smith : Well, I don't want them in the tea.
Benjamin Hoffman : Ah. Um, they fell in.
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Benjamin Hoffman : Girls all over the world are afraid of men with my expression.
Miss Janet Smith : What expression?
Benjamin Hoffman : Plain, sad-faced men.
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Miss Janet Smith : Tom's mother says that only French railway workers eat garlic.
Benjamin Hoffman : You're very witty, Miss Smith.
Miss Janet Smith : Really?
Benjamin Hoffman : Witty and informative. You tell me volumes about Tom's mother in one simple sentence.
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Miss Janet Smith : [looking at a picture of Tom] I hope you're worth it, that's all I can say!
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Miss Janet Smith : How will I ever look Tom in the face again?
Benjamin Hoffman : With guilt, apprehension, remembering the unspeakable - me.
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Miss Janet Smith : What you're doing to me is atrocious. It's the filthiest thing I've ever heard of.
Benjamin Hoffman : Yes, I am filthy, yes, but there's no escaping one's fate.
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Miss Janet Smith : What's wrong with the old place?
Benjamin Hoffman : Oh, well, you know - treacheries, miseries, failure, despair.
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Miss Janet Smith : He's mad!
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Miss Janet Smith : Is - is this the only -
Benjamin Hoffman : - Only bed in use, yes.
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Miss Janet Smith : [to Hoffman, out of his hearing range] I should've told Tom... and let him kill you!
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Benjamin Hoffman : Can you scramble eggs?
Miss Janet Smith : Yes.
Benjamin Hoffman : Your accomplishments never cease to amaze me, Miss Smith.
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Miss Janet Smith : [repeated] Oh, mother!
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Miss Janet Smith : There's something I want to ask you.
Benjamin Hoffman : What is it you want to ask me?
Miss Janet Smith : Can I give up going to work?
Benjamin Hoffman : ...Yes.
Miss Janet Smith : And can I have piano lessons?
Benjamin Hoffman : Yes.
Miss Janet Smith : From a real teacher?
Benjamin Hoffman : Yes.
Miss Janet Smith : And can I choose the things for the new kitchen?
Benjamin Hoffman : Yes.
Miss Janet Smith : And... and can I -
Benjamin Hoffman : - Yes, anything!
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Miss Janet Smith : Are you hungry?
Benjamin Hoffman : Women are always hungry for something. Fallopian tubes with teeth.
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Benjamin Hoffman : Once I knew a pretty girl, I loved her as my wife, but I put my hands about her neck, and relieved her... of her life.
Miss Janet Smith : Why don't you want me to like you?
Benjamin Hoffman : Why don't you stop staring me in the face with your doomed youth?
