Enter Laughing (1967)
José Ferrer: Harrison B. Marlowe
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Quotes
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Read the part of Jeff Hemming.
David Kolowitz : Jeff Hemming?
Harrison B. Marlowe : Yes. Take it from Jeff's entrance. Read.
David Kolowitz : "Enter laughing. I trust I haven't kept you waiting too long."
Harrison B. Marlowe : Eh, read that again, will you?
David Kolowitz : "Enter laughing! I trust I haven't kept you waiting too..."
Harrison B. Marlowe : Young man, there is a parenthesis around "Enter laughing". It is a - stage direction.
David Kolowitz : Oh. That means I laugh when I enter?
Harrison B. Marlowe : Exactly. Enter laughing means that you laugh when you enter. Proceed.
David Kolowitz : May I ask a question? What is he laughing about?
Harrison B. Marlowe : What is he laughing about?
Angela Marlowe : It's in the nature of the character. You see, Jeff Hemming is a devil-may-care young man and he's just broken into a solemn, family gathering. They're reading the will.
David Kolowitz : Who died?
Harrison B. Marlowe : His Uncle.
David Kolowitz : And he's laughing? Why?
Harrison B. Marlowe : Just let me hear you laugh and then go into the speech.
Angela Marlowe : Just let him hear you laugh and then go into the speech.
[David proceeds to laugh in a variety of ways]
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Angela Marlowe : What happened to Barry Holloway?
Harrison B. Marlowe : I fired him.
Angela Marlowe : Why did you do that? Do your realize that this was this boy's whole world? Was his whole life? And he was my height. Why did you fire him?
Harrison B. Marlowe : Because he quit! The idiot wanted to be paid.
Angela Marlowe : Paid?
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Angela, your cute one stinks.
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Harrison B. Marlowe : The only way to learn to act - is to act!
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Harrison B. Marlowe : We're going to put you on a scholarship. Five dollars a week.
David Kolowitz : Five dollars a week! Gee, that's great. I could sure use it.
Harrison B. Marlowe : Use it? What do you mean?
David Kolowitz : Well, I mean, I could use the extra money.
Harrison B. Marlowe : No, no, dear boy. We don't pay you, you pay us!
David Kolowitz : But I thought you said its a scholarship.
Harrison B. Marlowe : It is. The regular tuition is ten dollars a week.
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Angela Marlowe : Should you be drinking?
Harrison B. Marlowe : Yes.
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Damn it! Can't you talk like a human being? Can't you behave like a human being? You are human, aren't you?
David Kolowitz : Mr. Marlowe, if you think I'm not good, then just tell me. And if you want me to go, I'll go. But, I don't think you should yell at me like that.
Harrison B. Marlowe : Well, I've had enough for one day. Study at home.
David Kolowitz : Mr. Marlowe, I know I wasn't very good.
Harrison B. Marlowe : You know it and I know it. Now, our job is to keep that little secret from the audience.
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Harrison B. Marlowe : You're a gentlemen, not a kangaroo.
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Young man, let the lady have her lines. Keep your mouth shut when she is speaking. She talks, you answer. You talk, she answers. It's what they call - conversation. Do you understand?
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Because you have shown such marvelous talent...
David Kolowitz : Well...
Harrison B. Marlowe : No, no, no. I think that you should be allowed to act for nothing.
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David Kolowitz : I know I wasn't very good.
Harrison B. Marlowe : You know it and I know it. Now, our job is to keep that little secret from the audience.
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Harrison B. Marlowe : Thank God I'm an alcoholic.