The Conversation (1974)

Elizabeth MacRae: Meredith

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• Harry Caul : You still married?

  Meredith : Oh, I don't know. Probably.

• Harry Caul : Would you - if you were a girl who'd waited for someone...

  Meredith : You can trust me.

  Harry Caul : Well you never really knew when he was going to come to see you. You just lived in a room alone, and you knew nothing about him. And if you loved him, you were patient with him, and even though he didn't dare ever tell you anything about himself personally, even though he may have loved you, would you...

  Meredith : Would I what?

  Harry Caul : Would you go back to him?

  Meredith : Well, how would I know? How would I know that he loved me?

  Harry Caul : You'd have no way of knowing.

• Meredith : When I was a little baby, I used to love to bang my head up against the wall. No, really. I did. Sometimes I still feel like doing it 'cause it's comforting.

• Bernie Moran : It must've been an expensive show. Who was so interested?

  Man at Party : Yeah, was it us?

  Meredith : Who's us?

  Man at Party : Federal government.

• Meredith : Forget it, Harry. It's only a trick.

  Harry Caul : What?

  Meredith : A job. You're not supposed to feel anything about it. You're just supposed to do it. That's all. Relax, honey.

• Meredith : I used to live in New York. Yes. First, I worked as a receptionist, and then I got promoted to secretary. And then I was promoted to gal Friday, and special assistant to the boss, and then I married him.

• Meredith : I wish that you'd feel that you could talk to me and that we could be friends. I mean, aside from all of this junk.

• Meredith : Harry, are you going to give me a hard time tonight?