But Not for Me (1959)

Carroll Baker: Ellie Brown, Borden

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Quotes 

• Ellie Brown : You couldn't live without the theater.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : That's not the point, Miss Brown. The theater can live without me.

• Ellie Brown : Many a time I've stood hours in line to get into a Bacos theater.

  Demetrios Bacos : Now you wouldn't have so long to wait.

• Ellie Brown : [as they enter Jeremiah MacDonald's hotel room]  Well, maybe he went out for breakfast or something.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : He hasn't had breakfast in 40 years.

• Ellie Brown : Oh, well, can you blame him, Russ. These reviews.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : Oh, the reviews weren't bad.

  Ellie Brown : Only one man liked the play.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : He thought it was great. There was only one man who didn't like it, and he didn't like "My Fair Lady." All the other reviewers said it showed promise. They'll all think it's great once we fix it.

  Ellie Brown : Oh, there isn't time to fix it.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : I've rewritten plays on the train back to New York. What do you think tryouts are for?

  Ellie Brown : To make actresses miserable.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : So you can find out your mistakes. It's the only business in the world that gives you that chance.

• Ellie Brown : Gord, I'm in trouble. I don't understand me.

  Gordon Reynolds : That goes for both of us.

  Ellie Brown : Is it possible to be in love with two men at the same time?

  Gordon Reynolds : Not if one of them is me, it isn't.

  Ellie Brown : Well, one of them is you, Gordon. I know it now. I should have known it long before this.

• Ellie Brown : Thank goodness you have the kind of wisdom that only comes...

  [She pauses] 

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : [Picks it up]  ... with age.

• Russell 'Russ' Ward : Weren't you supposed to be getting married today to...

  Ellie Brown : Oh, yes. I married him an hour ago.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : Then you get out of here right now.

  Ellie Brown : Oh, Russ, please. I need help.

• Ellie Brown : I thought I was heading for a two-day honeymoon. But instead, he was going all the way back to his hometown - Butte, Montana. He was kidnapping me, now... today. I want an annulment.

  Russell 'Russ' Ward : Well, unfortunately, Butte, Montana is not grounds for annulment... yet.