De-Lovely (2004)
Ashley Judd: Linda Porter
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Quotes
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Linda Porter : You knew so much about me when we met, don't you think I'd heard a thing or two about you?
Cole Porter : So you know that I... that I have other interests... interests some may see as unfair to you?
Linda Porter : You mean men?
Cole Porter : Yes, men.
Linda Porter : Let's just say you like them more than I do.
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Cole Porter : I'm worried about you.
Linda Porter : You don't need to worry about me or your show. It's all taken care of. I'm in God's hands, the show's in yours. I do wish it were the other way around.
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Linda Porter : What's that?
Cole Porter : An idea for a song. I think this part would go well with I love you. What do you think?
Linda Porter : I think that would be beautiful.
Cole Porter : I do you know.
Linda Porter : You don't have to love me the way I love you Cole, just love me.
Cole Porter : It's so easy.
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Linda Porter : Grace personified.
Cole Porter : Was that me? Because I really hadn't planned on sweeping you off your feet for quite a while.
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Linda Porter : Oh my goodness. Could you be any more wonderful?
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Cole Porter : I really can't do it justice. Wait until opening night, hear it sung properly.
Linda Porter : I think it sounds fine now. And I won't be there dear.
Cole Porter : What? Why wouldn't you be?
Linda Porter : You know the doctors.
Cole Porter : I wrote this for you. Why play it if you won't be there?
Linda Porter : That's why I want you to play it for me now. All the way through.
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Cole Porter : I'm making such a mess trying to say this, I'm glad I'm not trying to write it as a song.
Linda Porter : It would be a beautiful serenade.
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Cole Porter : Champagne? Or how do you want to play this? Comedy? Tragedy? Musical Comedy? Farce?
Linda Porter : Why don't we just... play?
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Linda Porter : I'm so sorry darling. I know how late I must be.
Cole Porter : Late? Linda you missed the whole thing.
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Linda Porter : This is something new. To be inconsiderate, to ignore your obligations.
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Linda Porter : Thank you dearest.
Cole Porter : For what?
Linda Porter : For all of this. For our future. For being with me with Edward just now.
Cole Porter : That? That was just pest control. That's all.
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Linda Porter : Your song was absolutely delirious.
Cole Porter : Thank you. I'm never quite sure if they get the joke, especially when it's on them.
Linda Porter : You should learn to trust your audience.
Cole Porter : I trust it. I just wish I could expand it.
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Linda Porter : They love your song.
Cole Porter : Don't you?
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Cole Porter : I don't want to fight.
Linda Porter : I don't want to fight and I don't want to blame. But if things are going to be... different. I'd like to know.
Cole Porter : I'll tell you as soon as I know.
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Cole Porter : Good catch!
Linda Porter : I always thought so.
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Cole Porter : I have a little something for you. It's a whole new flower. A gentleman in Spain did it up for me. It's a hybrid of two varieties of rose thought to be completely incompatible yet look at it. It's perfect. The Linda Porter rose.
Linda Porter : Exquisite.
Cole Porter : Just a pale reflection of our life together.
Linda Porter : It wasn't all beautiful.
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Linda Porter : A friend Bobby Reed has been to see me with his... nefarious portfolio.
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Linda Porter : Is it me?
Gabe : No dear, it's too early for back stairs and love affairs.
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Edward Thomas : My invitation didn't arrive.
Linda Porter : I would invite you to hell.
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Linda Porter : I admit I am partially responsible for all this because I have encouraged you, I have indulged you, and what for? Just a little music.
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Linda Porter : We can be singular as a couple.
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Linda Porter : I think a change would be good for us.
Cole Porter : Yes.
Linda Porter : Yes we'll go?
Cole Porter : Yes it would be a big change.
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Linda Porter : I had no idea how hot the climate would be, everything grows wild here and the pickings are far too easy.
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Cole Porter : I really can't do this song justice. Wait til opening night, hear it sung properly.
Linda Porter : I think it sounds fine now, and I won't be there dear.
Cole Porter : Why not? Why wouldn't you be?
Linda Porter : You know the doctors honey, they're so boring.
Cole Porter : I wrote this for you. What's the point of doing it if you're not going to be there?
Linda Porter : That's why I want you to sing it for me now, all the way through.
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Linda Porter : I'll give this to you now, in case Monty has more producers for you to see.
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Linda Porter : You disappointed a lot of people last night.
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Linda Porter : Here comes trouble.
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Linda Porter : We've become such fast friends. I was hoping you might. He'd be a good companion for you.
Cole Porter : Linda?
Linda Porter : I don't want you to be lonely.
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Mrs. L.B. Mayer : It's an interesting song. Do you know it?
Linda Porter : Intimately.
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Linda Porter : Is everything in Hollywood connected with movies,
Louis B. Mayer : Everything good.
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Cole Porter : You see how far I'd go to win you back?
Linda Porter : I think you've gone *too* far this time, but I ought to be used to it by now.
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Cole Porter : Why does Linda come back to Cole?
Linda Porter : Because he's Cary Grant. And she misses the music as do I.
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Cole Porter : Linda, what were you thinking? You couldn't have lost it.
Linda Porter : I had hoped not.
Cole Porter : What do you mean?
Linda Porter : Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Definitively nothing. Shall we go? I'd hate to compound the felony by making us late for the party, that would be something too hard to b-
[stands up and gasps]
Cole Porter : What's wrong?
Linda Porter : Nothing, it's just a little thing. Not like missing an opening night or a party, just a little thing that... stopped growing.
Cole Porter : Oh, my sweet girl. I'm so sorry.
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Linda Porter : Which one's Cole Porter?
Sara Murphy : You see the one standing up, being so serious about being playful? That's my husband Gerald. The one playing and not being serious at all? That's Cole Porter.
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Edward Thomas : Don't turn your back on me Mrs Thomas.
Linda Porter : How amusing! As I recall that was the position you most favored.
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Linda Porter : Cole's not like you. He creates, you destroy and as you can see you're a failure even at that.
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Linda Porter : [her dying words] I don't know how long I can stay. Would you mind terribly if I went a little early?
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Linda Porter : You don't have to love me the way I love you Cole. Just love me.
Cole Porter : That's so easy.
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Linda Porter : You knew so much about me when we met Cole, don't you think I'd heard a thing or two about you?
Cole Porter : Then you know that I... that I can be... that I have outside interests the pursuit of which may seem unfair to you?
Linda Porter : You mean men?
Cole Porter : Yes, men.
Linda Porter : Let's just say you like them more than I do.
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Cole Porter : You were always my life-to-be.
Linda Porter : I remember that song.
Cole Porter : It was about you. They were all about you.
Linda Porter : Not all. But some I hope.
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Linda Porter : Ellin says lrving is having a great run in Hollywood. The Gershwins are there...
Cole Porter : You want me to leave at the top of my game?
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Linda Porter : I'm so terribly sorry, darling. I know how late I must be.
Cole Porter : Late? Linda, you missed the whole thing.
Linda Porter : I misplaced the cigarette case.
Cole Porter : I'd rather have had you.
Linda Porter : It would've been bad luck.
Cole Porter : To hell with luck.
[camera points to Cole and Gabe]
Cole Porter : [to Gabe] This feel very wrong. I don't like bringing up this whole thing. It happened and then it was over and that was that. We never brought it up again. Finished, done.
Gabe : Done, maybe. Finished...?
Cole Porter : I won't have it.
Gabe : It's not your choice.
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Gabe : You've done beautifully, but then you always do. Remember, it's your story, too. It's a love story.
Linda Porter : That's why I'm frightened.
Gabe : Don't be. Have you ever seen a musical without a happy ending?
Linda Porter : All right then.
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Dr. Moorhead : [about Cole] I'm afraid his right leg should be amputated. Perhaps the left as well. There's really no alternative.
Linda Porter : If you amputate his legs, you will cut off his pride. You'll break his spirit. He'd never work again. He'll have nothing without his music. It's the essence of him. He'd have nothing to live for.
Dr. Moorhead : He would have his life, his friends, you.
Linda Porter : Nothing. He would just be living out his death.
Dr. Moorhead : You're asking a lot of him.
Linda Porter : We are accustomed to asking a lot of one another.