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Hester Street (1975)

Carol Kane: Gitl

Hester Street

Carol Kane credited as playing...

Gitl

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  • Bernstein: What if she'd say no?
  • Gitl: What if she would say yes?
  • Bernstein: [Gitl cuts the arrangements Bernstein was preparing for his books as he was about to leave the house] Mrs... mrs, what are you doing?
  • Gitl: I'm saying yes.
  • Bernstein: Thank you.
  • Gitl: You're welcome.
  • Jake: Gitl, you are in America now. In America they don't wear wigs.
  • Gitl: No, I have a kerchief.
  • Jake: They don't wear kerchiefs either!
  • Gitl: Yankel, I can't go around in my own hair. I'm a married woman.
  • Jake: Alright, put on the kerchief.
  • Gitl: You and your Polish whore can jump out of your skins!
  • Jake: [on his mistress Mamie] Uh... she used to work in my shop. She's looking for a job, that's all.
  • Gitl: The way she looked, I thought she was nobility.
  • Jake: Gitl, stop being a greenhorn. In America, anyone can dress like that!

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