Simone Signoret credited as playing...
Arkadina, an Actress
- Irina Arkadina: I'm sure you have a talent for acting. I mean it! I really do. You simply must go on the stage.
- Nina: I dream about it. But, it'll never come true.
- Irina Arkadina: Who knows?
- Irina Arkadina: I'm as disciplined as an Englishman. I'm always on my toes, my dear, they say. Always dressed. My hair done... I never dream of leaving the house, not even for a walk in the garden, looking blousy or disheveled. Never! I've kept my looks because I've never allowed myself to be dowdy. I've never let myself go, as some people do. So, as you see, I'm as lively as a robin and ready to play a - 15 year old.
- Trigorin: You're capable of sacrifice. Let me go.
- Irina Arkadina: You're really that much in love?
- Trigorin: I'm drawn towards it quite irresistibly.
- Irina Arkadina: Am I really so old and hideous that you can talk to me so shamelessly about another woman?
- Irina Arkadina: You are the last page of my life. My joy. My pride. My happiness. If you should leave me, even for an hour, I wouldn't be able to bear it.