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Pat Boone and Nancy Kwan in The Main Attraction (1962)

Quotes

The Main Attraction

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  • Tessa: Oh, it's you.
  • Eddie: The Voice of America.
  • Tessa: We're both running from something, I think.
  • Tessa: Oh, I feel just like a fat, well-fed, old cat. I never had a cat. With the circus, it's difficult. Lions, of course. That's different. And when I was very little, I never even played with dolls. I had a monkey. I guess that's why I grew up crazy.
  • Eddie: [singing] Sì, sì, sì, Sì, sì, sì, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Oh, cara...
  • Eddie: [singing] Step right up for the Main Attraction, Form a line, it's a sight to see, Come up close and watch the action, First in line stands right behind me...
  • Eddie: I have a gift for complicating my life.
  • Tessa: I got hips like a horse - and now I'm getting top heavy.
  • Eddie: Do what I showed you. Come on. Give me your hand. Relax your arm. Loosen your fingers.
  • Tessa: I'm glad I'm not in love with you.
  • Eddie: That would be - pretty foolish, wouldn't it.
  • Tessa: Actually, I don't even like you, very much. Why, I could even kiss you without feeling anything - I think.
  • [kiss]
  • Tessa: Eddie, Eddie. I didn't mean what I said.
  • Eddie: Listen to me, I'll tell you something. I love you - I think.
  • [kiss]
  • Gina: You'll have to tell me all about it, one cold night.
  • Eddie: I've been running away from nothing. All my life, I've been running away from nothing.
  • Rico Marino: Next time you stall around I'll give you a beating.
  • Tessa: You better learn from Gina. She knows more than I do.
  • Tessa: I fell asleep.
  • Eddie: I was watching.
  • Tessa: What did I look like.
  • Eddie: A cabbage.
  • Elleanora Marino: My baby sister is a baby woman. We just can't get used to the inevitable.
  • Eddie: It's happening again. I can feel it.
  • Tessa: What?
  • Eddie: Trouble. Its hounded me all my life. Its in the air. I can smell it. Its lookin' for me out there, somewhere.
  • Tessa: Why should trouble be after you?
  • Eddie: Some people - are marked for it. Like me. It's like a shadow that follows me. I attract it. And I bring it down on everybody else. That's why I keep moving.
  • Eddie: [singing] Let two lips light the fire of love's desire, do, Oh, lover kiss me now, kiss me now, Feel my heart say, I'll love you forever, this way...
  • Eddie: What happened to the singer you had before?
  • Gina: Oh, the poor boy just didn't have it. A singer must - give. You know what I mean.
  • Eddie: All the way.
  • Gina: I thought you would.
  • Gina: All women are possessive. But, I'm more woman than most. So, I am more possessive.
  • Gina: Come on, partner. I'll show you some of my tricks.
  • Elleanora Marino: What evil can happen in the middle of the circus ring? They're both young.
  • Rico Marino: Yes - and the young are curious. I think you ought to speak to Tessa.
  • Elleanora Marino: No. It can be harmful to be too protective.
  • Tessa: Eddie, don't you want to know why I left the circus?
  • Eddie: I'd rather know why you smell so good.
  • Gina: Sit down, little boy.
  • Eddie: Okay. First time I've been seduced with a knife.
  • Eddie: So, you trust me.
  • Tessa: Yes, I do - I think.
  • Eddie: I wouldn't, if I were you.
  • Tessa: No?
  • Eddie: No.
  • Tessa: Why?
  • Eddie: Because I've known me a lot longer than you have - I think.
  • Tessa: Don't go away tonight. Please. Please.
  • Tessa: You really want to be clown.
  • Eddie: Some people claim I am. Nah, I just want to try everything - once.
  • Gina: Sit down, partner. Breakfast coming up. I love to feed my man, you know.
  • Eddie: Maybe you better understand me. I'm a mongrel pup. I don't go out of my way lookin' for trouble. I like things soft and easy. When I find 'em that way I stretch out on the doormat and wag my tail.
  • Gina: I think you'll find that I'm not wooden.
  • Eddie: Where do I stay?
  • Gina: Oh, there's a bed in front of this trailer. But, if you prefer, you can bunk across the way with the midgets.
  • Gina: Get out! Get out! Sleep with the midgets. Sleep anywhere you like. I don't care. And then, when you're fed up with that, you see, you know what I might just do? I just might let you come whining back; because, I don't need you. I don't need anybody! So, get out. Get out.
  • Gina: Don't be so difficult. You forgot to kiss me. Come on, be nice. You don't want to wake up with those cold little midgets, do you?

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