The Miracle Worker (1962)
Andrew Prine: James Keller
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Quotes
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James Keller : Finding out if she's ticklish? She is. What is it, a game?
Annie Sullivan : An alphabet.
James Keller : Alphabet?
Annie Sullivan : [finger-spelling to Helen] For the deaf.
Annie Sullivan : [after Helen finger-spells back to her] Oh, how bright she is!
James Keller : You think she knows what she's doing? She's a monkey. She imitates everything.
Annie Sullivan : Yes, she's a bright little monkey, all right!
James Keller : She wants her doll back.
Annie Sullivan : After she spells it.
James Keller : Spells? She doesn't know the thing has a name, even.
Annie Sullivan : Of course not. Who expects her to now? I just want her fingers to learn the letters.
James Keller : She doesn't seem to like that alphabet very much, Miss Sullivan. Did you invent it yourself?
Annie Sullivan : Spanish monks under a vow of silence, which I wish you'd take!
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James Keller : How old was he, your brother Jimmy?
Annie Sullivan : Helen's age.
James Keller : How did he die?
Annie Sullivan : He had a tubercular hip. We made quite a pair, me blind and him with his crutch.
James Keller : When did he die?
Annie Sullivan : Eleven years ago this May.
James Keller : And you've had no one to dream about since?
Annie Sullivan : No, one's enough.
James Keller : You don't let go of things easily, do you? You'd be quite a handsome girl if it weren't for your eyes. No one's told you?
Annie Sullivan : Everyone. You'd be quite a gentleman if it weren't for your manners.
James Keller : You wouldn't say that if you didn't have your glasses on. How will you win her hand now, in this place?
Annie Sullivan : I don't know. I lost my temper, and here we are. I'm counting on her. That little head is dying to know.
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James Keller : Sooner or later, we all give up, don't we?
Annie Sullivan : Maybe you all do, but it's my idea of the original sin.
James Keller : What is?
Annie Sullivan : Giving up!
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James Keller : Miss Sullivan? I'm James Keller.
Annie Sullivan : James? I had a brother Jimmy. Are you Helen's?
James Keller : I'm only half a brother. You'll be her governess?
Annie Sullivan : Well, I'll try.
James Keller : You look like half a governess.
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James Keller : Nothing I say is right.
Kate Keller : Why say anything?
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James Keller : Maybe you ought to put her away, Father.
Kate Keller : What?
James Keller : Some asylum. It's the kindest thing.
Aunt Ev : Why, she's your sister, James!
James Keller : Half-sister. Half mentally defective. She can't even keep herself clean. It's not pleasant to see her about all the time.
Kate Keller : Do you dare complain about what you can see?