Dramatic School (1938)

Paulette Goddard: Nana

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• Simone : It's so grand to see them. They're really in love.

  Nana : Love. Real love. Nice and sweet and sticky, right off a valentine.

  Simone : Oh, but, Nana, love is *so* good.

  Nana : You can have it.

  Mado : Well, I'll take it anytime. I can't seem to find it. Real love - with a millionaire. Just never seems to come my way. The more I give, the less I get.

  Nana : Reverse it. The less you give, the more you get. I know.

  Mado : Is that your technique, Nana?

  Nana : I give nothing, I say nothing. I let them rave and I don't even listen. That makes me a glamorous mystery. Try it sometime. It's very practical.

• Louise Mauban : Nana, I know you love him and it makes you unhappy. But, why must you be so hateful to him?

  Nana : What do you mean?

  Louise Mauban : You love him.

  Nana : Why, I love him? Fleury in the chorus revue?

  Nana : [sarcastically]  Of course, everyone knows that. Haven't you noticed how nice I am to him. How I...

  Louise Mauban : I know acting when I see it, Nana.

• Nana : We started and we're finished!

  Fleury : Nana, what's the matter?

  Nana : Get Gina Bertier to rehearse with you! Or, can she read?

  Fleury : Gina Bertier?

  Nana : Yes. Gina, Gina, Gina! You remember her: the star that kissed the chorus boy.

• André D'Abbencourt : What's the joke?

  Nana : Nothing.

  André D'Abbencourt : Look at her, Georges. She has seven devils in her eyes. Make her tell it.

  Georges Mounier : Oh, I can't make her do anything.

• Nana : We're going to have a party. Georges Mounier's invited us for dinner at Armenonville.

  Mado : Georges Mounier, the jeweler? Is he the new one Nana?

  Nana : This week, it's Mounier.

  Simone : What about next week?

  Nana : I'm no prophet.

• Georges Mounier : You're a mystery. I don't know what to think.

  Nana : Don't think, Mounier. Its a bad habit. It'll spoil your fun.

• Louise Mauban : Do you really hate me that much?

  Nana : Hate you? I don't even dislike you. Of course, I must admit it does annoy me slightly to see you breeze through life with those cooked up dreams of yours. Putting your head under the guillotine and never having the knife drop.

  Louise Mauban : Supposing now it should drop, will it make you glad, Nana?

  Nana : Maybe.

• Nana : You should have seen your face when Andre walked off.

  Louise Mauban : Why shouldn't Andre congratulate the dancer. Mounier suggested.

  Nana : Yes, but, Mounier will be back. He does as *I* please.

  Louise Mauban : I am not playing a game with Andre.

  Nana : Well, maybe you should.

• Louise Mauban : We're in love with each other and we're going to be married.

  Nana : How charming; but, excuse me if I don't order my dress for the wedding just yet. Styles change completely every five years.

• Nana : Well, good night my darlings. The night clubs are lonely for me.

• Nana : Go on dressing, girls, and no wise looks from any of you. Do you understand?