Paul
Verrall [played
by William Holden]: “Harry's a menace.”
Billie
Dawn [played by
Judy Holliday]: “He's not so bad. I seen worse.”
Paul: “Has he ever thought of anyone
but himself?”
Billie: “Who does?”
Paul: “Millions of people, Billie. The
whole history of the world is a story of a struggle between the selfish and the
unselfish.”
Billie: I can hear you.
Paul: “All that's bad around us is bred
by selfishness. Sometimes selfishness can even get to be a - a cause, an
organized force, even a government. And then it's called fascism. Can you
understand that?”
Billie: “Sort of.”
Paul: “Well, think about it.
Billie: You're crazy about me, aren't ya?”
Paul: “Yes.”
Billie: “That's why you're so mad at
Harry.”
Paul: “Listen, I hate his life, what he
does, what he stands for—not him. He just doesn't know any better.”
Billie: “I go for you, too.”—Born Yesterday (1950), screenplay by Albert Mannheimer and Garson Kanin
based on Kanin’s play, directed by George Cukor
