Funny Face (1957)
Fred Astaire: Dick Avery
Photos
Quotes
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Dick Avery : When I get through with you, you'll look like... What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
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Dick Avery : You ARE mad, aren't you?
Jo Stockton : No, I'm not mad. I... I'm hurt and disappointed and... and mad.
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[Dick kisses Jo]
Jo Stockton : Why did you do that?
Dick Avery : Empathy. I put myself in your place and I felt that you wanted to be kissed.
Jo Stockton : I'm afraid you put yourself in the WRONG place. I have no desire to be kissed, by you or anyone else.
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Dick Avery : Now when I say "go," walk down with fire in your eyes and murder on your mind.
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Maggie Prescott : The Quality Woman must have grace, elegance and pizazz.
Dick Avery : Every girl on every page of Quality has grace, elegance, and pizazz. Now, what's wrong with bringing out a girl who has character, spirit, and intelligence?
Dovitch : That certainly would be novel in a fashion magazine.
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Dick Avery : Livin' is easy. Livin' is high. All good Americans should come here to die.
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Jo Stockton : If the individual rights are not respected by the group, the group itself cannot exist for long.
Maggie Prescott : What does that mean?
Dick Avery : Something like do unto others as you'd have others do unto you.
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Dick Avery : Professor, I love every broken bone in your body.
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Jo Stockton : What about these pictures?
Dick Avery : Well, we're using this shop as a background for some fashion pictures for Quality Magazine.
Jo Stockton : I'm sorry, but I can't let you do this. Dr. Post would never approve. She doesn't approve of fashion magazines. It's chichi and an unrealistic approach to self-impressions as well as economics.
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Dick Avery : We want to sit at your feet and learn. We have so much to learn.
Maggie Prescott : We sit at your feet humble and ignorant but so willing.
Jo Stockton : Look, you two just leave his feet alone.
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Dick Avery : Let me show you something.
[Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]
Dick Avery : Gentlemen: may I take this opportunity to tell you that you look like a mess of worms? And that you not only look like a mess of worms, but you ARE a mess of worms. And I'll bet you've been sitting at this table all these years because if you ever left it you'd be picked up on a vagrancy charge.
Old French men : [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]
Dick Avery : Your defense rests.
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Dick Avery : Stop! Stop!
Jo Stockton : I don't want to stop I like it!