My Week with Marilyn (2011) Poster

Eddie Redmayne: Colin Clark

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  • Lucy : Did she break your heart?

    Colin Clark : A little.

    Lucy : Good, it needed breaking.

  • [last lines] 

    Colin Clark : Here's what I remember most: her embrace. Her belief in me. And the joy she gave. That was her gift. When I think of her now, I think of that time when a dream came true. And my only talent was not to close my eyes.

  • Marilyn Monroe : Do you know I've been married three times already? How did that happen?

    Colin Clark : You were just looking for the right man.

    Marilyn Monroe : They always look right at the start.

  • Sir Laurence Olivier : She's quite wonderful. No training, no craft, no guile, just pure instinct. Astonishing.

    Colin Clark : You should tell her that.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : Oh, I will. But she won't believe me. That's probably what makes her great, yet it's certainly what makes her so profoundly unhappy.

  • Colin Clark : It's agony because he's a great actor who wants to be a film star, and you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. This film won't help either of you.

  • Marilyn Monroe : Don't forget me.

    Colin Clark : As if I could.

  • Milton Greene : Listen, kid, I've known Marilyn for seven years. I fell in love with her, just as you've done. We had 10 days together and that was it. She picked me up. She put me down. That's what she does, she breaks hearts. She will break yours. My advice to you is quit before you get burned.

    Colin Clark : I don't need your advice.

  • Colin Clark : Everyone remembers their first job. This is the story of mine. I was the youngest in a family of overachievers. My father was a world-famous art historian, and my brother was ahead of me in everything. I was always the disappointment.

  • Sir Laurence Olivier : [reciting while images of Marilyn play]  You do look, my son, in a moved sort, as if you were dismayed. Be cheerful, sir. Our revels new are ended. We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

    Colin Clark : Prospero.

  • Colin Clark : You're right, we have to forget all this. From now on I am just the third assistant director and we will never look at each other again.

    Marilyn Monroe : Maybe just a wink... once in a while.

    Colin Clark : [He looks at her, smiles a small sad smile and leaves] 

  • Colin Clark : Let me protect you from all this.

    Marilyn Monroe : What are you gonna do? Marry me?

    Colin Clark : Why not? You could quit this. Forget Marilyn Monroe. Forget Hollywood. Let it all go. Just let it go.

    Marilyn Monroe : I couldn't just give it up.

    Colin Clark : Why not? Why not when it drives you crazy?

    Marilyn Monroe : You think I'm crazy?

    Colin Clark : I just meant you could be happy.

    Marilyn Monroe : I am happy.

    Colin Clark : ...Of course you're happy. You're the biggest star in the world.

  • Marilyn Monroe : Oh, I didn't know it was so pretty out here.

    Colin Clark : You should get out more. You should see the sights.

    Marilyn Monroe : Oh, I am the sights.

  • Sir Laurence Olivier : You in the union?

    Colin Clark : No.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : Then you can't have a job on the film.

    Colin Clark : Well, how do I get into the union?

    Sir Laurence Olivier : By getting a job on the film. It's called a closed shop.

  • Colin Clark : I had everything to prove to my family. But I had more to prove to myself.

  • Lucy : Look, I have two rules.

    Colin Clark : Everyone has a lot of rules around here.

    Lucy : One, never touch the talent, and two, never go out with thirds.

    Colin Clark : Why not?

    Lucy : Because they're all randy little buggers who just want some fun during shooting.

  • Spectator : [Marilyn strikes a pose]  Are you somebody, mate?

    Colin Clark : No. I'm no one.

  • Colin Clark : I booked a room.

    Barry : Alright. Here we are. Sign this. What brings you up this way?

    Colin Clark : I'm working on a film with Pinewood.

    Barry : Oh, what film's that?

    Colin Clark : It's called, "The Sleeping Prince" with Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. So, I'll be working with them.

    Barry : Room: three quid a week. First week in advance. Number two. And, if you don't mind, you'll be sharing with Grace Kelly.

  • Colin Clark : Marilyn, do one thing for me: Come to the set on time tomorrow and show everyone what you can do. Show Larry that you're a great actress.

  • Colin Clark : [voiceover]  Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, these were my heroes. I wanted to be a part of their world.

  • Sir Laurence Olivier : What are you doing here?

    Colin Clark : You said there might be a job on your film.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : Have a cigarette. Keep the pack.

    Colin Clark : Thank you, sir.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : There won't be a film unless Miss Monroe gets her *splendid* posterior out of bed.

  • Vanessa : You're very determined.

    Colin Clark : I'd do anything to be in the film business.

    Vanessa : Anything?

  • Dame Sybil Thorndike : How exciting! Don't you love the first day of a new production?

    Colin Clark : I don't know, Dame Sybil. I've never had one before.

    Dame Sybil Thorndike : Oh, to be young again!

  • Sir Laurence Olivier : Christ! Pills to sleep, pills to wake up. Pills to calm her down, pills to give her energy. No wonder she's permanently ten feet underwater.

    Colin Clark : Maybe she's scared.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : We're all scared. I spent half of my professional life in abject bloody terror! It's what actors do!

    Colin Clark : But you have the training to deal with it.

    Sir Laurence Olivier : Oh, I wouldn't buy the little girl lost act if I were you. Though heaven knows it's tempting.

  • Marilyn Monroe : Why is Sir Olivier so mean? He talks awful to me - like he's slumming.

    Colin Clark : I'll tell you what's wrong. It's agony for him because he is a great actor who wants to be a film star, and agony for you because you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. And this film won't help either of you.

  • Marilyn Monroe : Are you sure you can handle that? You don't look old enough to drink.

    Colin Clark : I'm 23, Miss Monroe.

    Marilyn Monroe : Oh, it's Marilyn. I'm 30. I guess that makes me an old lady to you.

    Colin Clark : Seven years is nothing.

  • Colin Clark : She just wants a chum, that's all.

    Milton Greene : A chum? Jesus Christ, what is this, "Goodbye Mr. Chips"? Grow up, kid.

  • Colin Clark : We have today, anyway. We have one day to do whatever you like. We can go back to real life tomorrow.

    Marilyn Monroe : Only one day?

    Colin Clark : Well, maybe the weekend.

    Marilyn Monroe : Or, a week!

  • Marilyn Monroe : Do you love me, Colin?

    Colin Clark : Yes. You're like some Greek goddess to me.

    Marilyn Monroe : I'm not a goddess. I just want to be loved like a regular girl.

  • David Orton : I suppose I might be able to do something for you. The Union owes me a few favors. We don't have a third yet.

    Colin Clark : A third?

    David Orton : Third Assistant Director! You do know what the job is?

    Colin Clark : Assisting the director?

    David Orton : That's the last thing you do! Lesson One. The Third's job is to do whatever the fuck I tell him.

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