Richard:
[about the screenplay's main character] Now, I suppose we'll have to describe him.
Gabrielle: Yes, I suppose so.
Richard: He's American, of course. I can write him better that way. Now let's see, what else.
[looking in the mirror]
Richard: I see him as rather tall, rather suntanned, rather handsome athletic-looking with a rugged, but... curiously sensitive face.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Gabrielle: Yes, I suppose so.
Richard: He's American, of course. I can write him better that way. Now let's see, what else.
[looking in the mirror]
Richard: I see him as rather tall, rather suntanned, rather handsome athletic-looking with a rugged, but... curiously sensitive face.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
[showing Gabrielle the apartment] This is it. The office there, I live up here, and uh, the terrace is out there. That rather grotesque object looming so formidably on the horizon is the Eiffel Tower. I had it moved there to remind me what town I'm in. If it offends you, of course, I'll have it taken away again.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
And this guy you've got a date with on Bastille Day, is he part of the growth process?
Gabrielle: Oh no, he's just a friend, a struggling young actor.
Richard: [outraged] An actor!
[disgusted]
Richard: Eww. A tragic relation to begin with. I only hope he's not one of those method actors that who scratches and mumbles and pauses a lot, thereby destroying the impeccable rhythm of the author's prose.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Gabrielle: Oh no, he's just a friend, a struggling young actor.
Richard: [outraged] An actor!
[disgusted]
Richard: Eww. A tragic relation to begin with. I only hope he's not one of those method actors that who scratches and mumbles and pauses a lot, thereby destroying the impeccable rhythm of the author's prose.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
Cut to the Eiffel Tower. The main title. The trumpets segue into the inevitable title song. Maybe we can get Sinatra to sing it.
[Frank Sinatra begins to sing]
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
[Frank Sinatra begins to sing]
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
He's not asking her to spend a weekend with him at a motel in Asbury Park, New Jersey; he's asking her to lunch!
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
I've got an idea. I've got an idea! First good one I've had in four months. No, that's not true. A few weeks ago I had an idea to give up drinking, but it didn't photograph.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
I've got it! Of course, it means we'll have to start all over again, but that's not too serious. We've only got eight pages.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
Now then, the mysterious stranger. Who is he? What does he do? What suffering, what torment caused the deep sadness that lurks behind his eyes? And why, while we're asking questions, didn't I listen to my father and learn some sort of useful trade?
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
Take a note. For the textbook which I will someday write on the art of screenwriting: never play 13, 31 and the corners there of for any seriously length of time for any serious amount of money. It doesn't work.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Richard:
You call the canary Richelieu because you always wanted a cardinal.
Gabrielle: [laughs] That's very funny!
Richard: No, it isn't. Just one of the hazards of being an international wit, which I am. You have to keep trying all the time.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
Gabrielle: [laughs] That's very funny!
Richard: No, it isn't. Just one of the hazards of being an international wit, which I am. You have to keep trying all the time.
--William Holden (as Richard Benson / Rick) in Paris When It Sizzles
