Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Edward G. Robinson: Maurice Kruger
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Quotes
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Maurice Kruger : Clara... Clara. Don't swallow all those sleeping pills. The doctor will just have to come up and pump out your stomach again. You know how *sick* that makes me.
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Maurice Kruger : [to Jack at his bedside, just after suffering a heart attack] You know, as soon as you start to die, everybody's so polite, it's nauseating.
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Maurice Kruger : You know, you got to make these people feel you're important. Otherwise, they'll walk all over you.
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Maurice Kruger : [asking if a feature story will include his gossip about his film's stars] With my story about Barzelli and Davie Drew?
Brad Byrd : No.
Maurice Kruger : Why not?
Brad Byrd : It was a lie.
Maurice Kruger : [grabs Byrd's coat lapel] I don't lie to the press! I never have.
Brad Byrd : You lie to yourself, Mr. Kruger. That's worse.
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Maurice Kruger : [to Jack] You know, for a man who's lived with Carlotta, how can you be so dumb? Don't you ever learn? *All* women are just pure monster.
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Clara Kruger : [regarding a magazine article that mocks her husband for extra-marital flirtations with starlets he's directing] There! For the whole world to see! You don't even bother to hide it!
Maurice Kruger : [gets up and angrily confronts her] Why should I? Why should I? Who in his right mind would expect me to settle for *you*! A worn-out, dried-up, whining, meddling old *hag*? My lawful wedded nightmare! Frustrated and stupid. Sticking your fat nose into everything! Day and night! Every minute.
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Maurice Kruger : Well, tell me son, how does feel to be crazy?
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Davie Drew : Any more constructive suggestions, Mr. Kruger?
Maurice Kruger : Yeah. Pretend your a man! When you kiss Barzelli try not to kiss her like she was your mother or your sister or your gym teacher.
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Davie Drew : Any word for me?
Maurice Kruger : I've just the word: Nauseating!
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Maurice Kruger : What did you think of it?
Jack Andrus : The scene? Terribly original.
Maurice Kruger : Terribly? Or, terribly terribly?
Jack Andrus : Terribly terribly.
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Maurice Kruger : I've seen movies you've dubbed, Signor Junkman. You had your actors mouthing their words like mother guppies gobbling their young. You give me two extra weeks and I'll give you a Maurice Kruger picture. Don't you want the best movie you can get?
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Jack Andrus : Is she here by coincidence?
Maurice Kruger : Who Carlotta? There is no coincidence. There never was.
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Maurice Kruger : The way he looked at that camera today - it was just pure lust.
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Maurice Kruger : Nauseating little creep!
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Maurice Kruger : A man with a knife isn't a man. Just a yellow-bellied little creep.