Petulia (1968)
George C. Scott: Dr. Archie Bollen
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Quotes
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Archie Bollen : [to Petulia] You have a very superior pelvis.
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Petulia : When I lie dying - wondering what my life's all been about, you won't even cross my mind.
[Archie starts to leave]
Petulia : No, wait. I lied.
Archie Bollen : About what?
Petulia : I'll never forget you Arnold.
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Petulia : Careful! Can't you tell I'm not wearing a bra?
Archie Bollen : No.
Petulia : Don't think about it. It'll only excite you...
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Petulia : That's my husband over there. I've been married six months. I've never had an affair.
Archie Bollen : It can happen.
Petulia : Don't take it so bloody well. I've just turned you down.
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Petulia : My name is Petulia.
Archie Bollen : I'm not surprised.
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Petulia : Damn it, how can I have an affair with an unmarried man. There must be some equality of guilt.
Archie Bollen : My divorce doesn't become final until next month.
Petulia : I'll get my purse.
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Archie Bollen : Are we?
Petulia : Are we what?
Archie Bollen : About to become lovers?
Petulia : No.
Archie Bollen : Ah, you swinging young marrieds.
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Barney : You and Polo were a marvellous looking couple. Is there anything wrong with being a great looking couple? People turning around to stare? What was it, Archie? The sex bit? Huh? The ole sex bit?
Archie Bollen : Barney, what would you say if I told you that one day I just got very tired of being married?
Barney : It's still better than being out there in the dark, all by your god damn lonesome. Nobody has a life anymore. What do you want, Archie?
Archie Bollen : I don't know what I want. To feel something.
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Archie Bollen : Look, Petulia. Tubas. All this "I Love Lucy" jazz. It's only cute for awhile.
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Petulia : Archie, why do you play this dumb game? This crappy pretense at resisting the beautiful lady? You should be jolly lucky I'm even talking to you. How many kids do you have besides fat Mike?
Archie Bollen : Six.
Petulia : Good night.
Archie Bollen : Actually, there's only one besides Mike.
Petulia : I'll meet you here.
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Petulia : Stop being so damn casual. We're about to become lovers. Did you bring an instrument?
Archie Bollen : Huh?
Petulia : Ring room service and ask the robot to send up something splendid and musical.
Archie Bollen : Saxophone? Electric Organ? Tuba?
Petulia : Tuba! Absolutely. Bless you, Archie. A tuba: something large and whirly. This is an event, Archie. We're about to become lovers.
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Petulia : Go and call a proper doctor.
Archie Bollen : What do you think I am?
Petulia : Just a hairy legged old lecher running around in shorts.
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Archie Bollen : Tell me about - eh - Bobby Kennedy. Picasso? Pickles? Talk about anything. Any damn thing. Take, ice cubes! Take either side. Talk for thirty seconds against ice cubes.
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Petulia : My great-grandmother's ninety-one and still has a granite chin.
[Archie lies down on a vibrating bed]
Petulia : My God, what a lecherous lot!
Archie Bollen : Ninety-ones eh?
Petulia : Yep. But not much fun.
Archie Bollen : Well, ninety-one, hell.
Petulia : Oh, she stopped having fun at twenty-eight when her husband was killed in the first war - in the trenches - looking just like Cary Grant with a waxed moustache. She can't remember him; but, she can remember Cary Grant; because, he come from Bristol, too, and he's always in the news. So, whenever Cary Grant's picture is in the paper, he gets a waxed moustache whether he likes it or not.
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Archie Bollen : [walks towards Petulia lying naked in his bed] Well, knocked off another one. One more notch in the old stethoscope.
Petulia : You're a wonderful doctor.
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Wilma : You must - feel something?
Archie Bollen : Yeah, I guess I do. Pity.
Wilma : Go to the dog pound. You'll find two hundred dogs waiting to be gassed.
