Farley Granger credited as playing...
Richard Belrow Livingston
- Cindy Kimbell: You strike me as the type of person who goes around eating nothing but caviar, broiled mushrooms, and ruffles.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: You mean truffles.
- Cindy Kimbell: Truffles.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: She's the judge's daughter. I was working an angle.
- Lisa Bellmount: Well, from now on, work your angle on the judge, not on his daughter.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: Ludwig, what are you doing here?
- Ludwig Schlemmer: Please, I've changed my name. It's Lionel.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: Lionel? Sit down. Tell me, Lionel, what are you doing here?
- Ludwig Schlemmer: I have to see Miss Bellmount. That is, I want to tell her that I'm available.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: Available for... what?
- Ludwig Schlemmer: For the stage. And I'm ready right this minute.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: Lionel, you sure that's what you want to do?
- Ludwig Schlemmer: I'm sure. I know all about the hard work and disappointments, but I don't care.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: What about your friends... your family in Duck Creek?
- Ludwig Schlemmer: I've outgrown Duck Creek. New York is the place for me.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: The stage is a pretty tough business, and New York is a pretty big place. It's filled with a lot of people who've never heard of you. In Duck Creek, everybody knows you; everybody likes you.
- Ludwig Schlemmer: Just wait till I get to the top. Everybody'll know me right here in New York.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: No... no, it won't be the same. In Duck Creek, when they say, 'How are you?', they really want to know. When they say, 'Glad to see you', they're really glad. In New York, it doesn't mean a thing, because nobody's got time to wait for an answer. Now, in Duck Creek...
- Ludwig Schlemmer: Duck Creek! It's a dot on the map.
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: So's New York if you've got a big enough map.
- Ludwig Schlemmer: If you're so crazy about Duck Creek, why do you still live in New York?
- Richard Belrow Livingston III: That's a good question, Lionel. That's a very good question.