Day for Night (1973)
Jean-Pierre Aumont: Alexandre
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Quotes
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Alexandre : In 80 movies I've died 24 times - electrocuted twice, hanged twice. I've been knifed, committed suicide, died in accidents, but never a natural death. Anyway, I don't think death is natural.
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Ferrand : Quiet! A full rehearsal. Let's go, Séverine.
Séverine : "I don't understand you Alexander! You're - "
Alexandre : "Peculiar"
Séverine : Oh, yes.
Ferrand : It's all right! Take it from the top, right away. Let's go, Séverine.
Séverine : "I don't understand you Alexander! You've been peculiar, lately. Walking out on dinner last night! That was an insult to Julie." Damn! I said Julie instead of Pamela.
Ferrand : Not to worry.
Séverine : I've got an idea! I'll use numbers, the way I do for Fellini! Instead of "I don't understand you Alexander..." I'll say, 22, 83, 16, 72, 5, 3, 18, 9, 14, 7, 9. 17, 10, 10, 4, 18, 69...
Ferrand : Impossible, Séverine. In France, we have to say the lines.
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Alexandre : How's your mother?
Julie : Very good. I told her we were working together. She sends her love.
Alexandre : Marvelous woman! Everyone in Hollywood loved her. Too bad she quit when she did.
Julie : But she's still very busy.
Alexandre : She hated the way we shoot movies - in bits and pieces! I remember escorting her to the premiere of her first big Hollywood movie. A fantastic evening! When the film ended, she sat there, then turned to me and said: "I did all that? All I remember is the waiting."
Julie : It's so true!
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Alexandre : Actors are so vulnerable!
Dr. Michael Nelson : Of course they are. Everyone is afraid of being judged. But actors are always being judged. In your work, and in your life!
Alexandre : Yes. We wonder what people think of us, if they love us. It must be the same for all performers. As a child, when Mozart was asked to play, he'd reply: "Gladly, but first say you love me."
Dr. Michael Nelson : And in your job, you're always kissing.
Alexandre : As you say, yes, we do a lot of kissing. The handshake was invented to show you're unarmed, friendly. We went one better: we show our love.
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Alexandre : Movie people may be more obvious about it, but love makes the world go round!
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Alexandre : There was an Austrian actress, Hedy Lamarr, became a big Hollywood star. She really missed the rainy climate of her native Tyrol. So, in her garden in California, she installed a rain-making machine.
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Alexandre : Any champagne left?
Bernard, l'accessoiriste : No, we'll have to move on to Pernod.
Alexandre : Champagne's gone. You won't get drunk.