Ann Darrow Quotes in King Kong (2005)

Ann Darrow: Beautiful.

Ann Darrow: Why would you do that?

Jack Driscoll: Why would I write a play for you? Isn't it obvious?

Ann Darrow: Not to me.

Jack Driscoll: It's in the subtext.

Carl Denham: Oh! Ann, this is... uh... Ann?

Ann Darrow: That's all right Mr. Denham. I know who this is. Thrilled to meet you. It's an honor to be a part of this.

[shakes hands with Mike]

Mike: [confused] Gee, thanks.

Ann Darrow: Actually, I'm quite familiar with your work.

Mike: [very confused] Really?

Ann Darrow: Yes, and what I most admire is the way you've captured the voice of the common people.

Mike: [smiling now] Well, uh, that's my job.

Ann Darrow: I'm sure you've heard this before, Mr. Driscoll, if you don't mind me saying, but, you don't look at all like your photograph.

[Jack Driscoll looks over]

Mike: [smile disappears] I'm sorry...

Carl Denham: Wait a minute, Ann.

Ann Darrow: [to Carl] He's so much younger in person. And much better looking.

Carl Denham: [as Jack approaches Ann from behind] Ann, stop. Stop right there.

Ann Darrow: [to Mike again] You see. I was just afraid that you might be one of those self-obsessed, literary types.

Mike: I'm sorry. I'm not...

Ann Darrow: You know, the tweedy twerp with his nose in his book and his head up his a...

[Jack snaps his book shut just behind her head. She turns around]

Jack Driscoll: It's nice to meet you too, Miss Darrow.

Carl Denham: Ann, I'm not that kind of person.

Ann Darrow: Oh really, then what kind of person are you Mr.Denham?

Carl Denham: I'm someone you can trust, I'm a movie producer.

Ann Darrow: [as the ship's crew attempts to capture and sedate Kong] No! Let me go, it's me he wants!

Ann Darrow: [Jack reminiscing] You're writing a comedy?

Jack Driscoll: I guess, I am. I'm writing it, for you.

Ann Darrow: Why would you do that?

Jack Driscoll: Why would I write a play for you?

[pause]

Jack Driscoll: Isn't it obvious?

[Play going on: "Cry Havoc!" by Jack Driscoll]

Theatre Actor: So he took me to this fancy french restaurant, and half way through the hors d'oeuvres, he clutches my hand...

Theatre Actor: ...and that's when he told you how he felt?

Theatre Actor: No. He never said it.

Theatre Actor: He never said it?

Theatre Actor: [Man disguised as a Woman] He probably thought he didn't need to say it!

Theatre Actor: Well then how does she know that it's real?

Theatre Actor: He said that it was not about the words.

Theatre Actor: Oh! Please! If you feel it, you say it! It's really very simple.

Theatre Actor: He said we'd talk about it later. Only, there was no later. It never happened.

Theatre Actor: [Lady 1 Stands, walks towards the audience] Lady 1: That's how it ended.

Theatre Actor: He just let you walk away? He didn't try to save it?

Theatre Actor: I honestly believed things might actually work out, which was really very...

Jack Driscoll: [along with Lady 1] foolish.

Theatre Actor: Men! Oh, they'll give you the world! But they let the one thing that truly matters slip through their fingers, typical!...

Ann Darrow: Good things never last, Mr. Denham.

Ann Darrow: Is this the moving picture ship?

Carl Denham: Not exactly. It's actually this one over here.

Ann Darrow: No! I said no! That's all there is. There isn't anymore.

Carl Denham: Ann, I'm telling you - you're perfect. Look at you. You're the saddest girl I've ever met. You're gonna make them weep, Ann. You're gonna break their hearts.

Ann Darrow: See, that's where you're wrong, Mr. Denham. I make people laugh, that's what I do. Good luck with your picture.

Carl Denham: Ann? Miss Darrow, please! I'm offering you money. Adventure, fame, the thrill of a lifetime, and a long sea voyage. You want to read a script? Jack Driscoll's turning in a draft as we speak.

Ann Darrow: Jack Driscoll?

Carl Denham: Sure, why? Wait. You know him?

Ann Darrow: No, not personally. I've seen his plays.

Carl Denham: What a writer, huh? And let me tell you, Ann. Jack Driscoll does not want just anyone starring in this picture. He said to me, "Carl, somewhere out there is a woman born to play this role." And as soon as I saw you, I knew.

Ann Darrow: Knew what?

Carl Denham: It was always going to be you.

Ann Darrow: [Yelling at King Kong] Go back.

Carl Denham: I'll give you another thousand if we leave right now.

Captain Englehorn: You haven't given me the first thousand yet.

Carl Denham: Can we talk about this later? Can't you see we are in the company of a VIP guest?

Captain Englehorn: Ma'am.

Ann Darrow: Ann Darrow.

Captain Englehorn: Ma'am?

Ann Darrow: Ann Darrow.

Captain Englehorn: So, you are ready for this voyage, Miss Darrow?

Ann Darrow: Sure.

Captain Englehorn: Nervous?

Ann Darrow: Nervous? No. Why? should I be?

Ann Darrow: Do you always take the pictures yourself?

Carl Denham: Ever since a trip I made to Africa. I'd have got a swell picture of a charging rhino, but the cameraman got scared. The darn fool, I was right there with a rifle! Seems he didn't trust me to get the rhino before it got him. I haven't fooled with a cameraman since; I do it myself.

Ann Darrow: I thought you didn't like woman?

Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but you're not woman.

Carl Denham: [just before he instructs Ann on how to act in front of the camera] I see you've put on the "Beauty and the Beast" costume!

Ann Darrow: Uh, huh... it's the prettiest!

Ann Darrow: Don't you think the skipper's a sweet old lamb?

Jack Driscoll: Ha ha ha! I'd hate to have him hear me say that!