Olivia de Havilland
(as Amy Lind)
Biff Grimes:
I uh, I guess a little kiss is harmless if it's all in fun.
Amy Lind: Even if it isn't in fun.
Biff Grimes: You mean - -?
Amy Lind: Exactly.
Biff Grimes: Well, wouldn't you like a nice, young man to marry you someday?
Amy Lind: No, not particularly.
Biff Grimes: So you don't believe in the institution of marriage!
Amy Lind: An outmoded, silly convention started by the cavemen and encouraged by the florists and jewelers. After all, what's marriage?
Biff Grimes: Wouldn't you like to have a home and kids?
Amy Lind: Certainly I would, but that doesn't mean you have to go through all the...
Biff Grimes: You mean - -?
Amy Lind: Exactly.
[she winks]
Amy Lind: Even if it isn't in fun.
Biff Grimes: You mean - -?
Amy Lind: Exactly.
Biff Grimes: Well, wouldn't you like a nice, young man to marry you someday?
Amy Lind: No, not particularly.
Biff Grimes: So you don't believe in the institution of marriage!
Amy Lind: An outmoded, silly convention started by the cavemen and encouraged by the florists and jewelers. After all, what's marriage?
Biff Grimes: Wouldn't you like to have a home and kids?
Amy Lind: Certainly I would, but that doesn't mean you have to go through all the...
Biff Grimes: You mean - -?
Amy Lind: Exactly.
[she winks]
James Cagney
(as Biff Grimes)
Biff Grimes:
I'm gonna have a smoke.
Amy Lind: May I have one too, please?
Biff Grimes: Oh, sure. Hey! Don't tell me you smoke!
Amy Lind: Only when I'm bored.
Biff Grimes: Well, your mother's a bloomer girl, you're a nicotine fiend, are there any more at home like you?
Amy Lind: I have an aunt who's an actress.
Biff Grimes: Well, that completes the picture. I've been around, they can say an awful lot of things about Biff Grimes, but not that he ever gave a cigarette to a girl.
Amy Lind: May I have one too, please?
Biff Grimes: Oh, sure. Hey! Don't tell me you smoke!
Amy Lind: Only when I'm bored.
Biff Grimes: Well, your mother's a bloomer girl, you're a nicotine fiend, are there any more at home like you?
Amy Lind: I have an aunt who's an actress.
Biff Grimes: Well, that completes the picture. I've been around, they can say an awful lot of things about Biff Grimes, but not that he ever gave a cigarette to a girl.