Anne Terry Quotes in It Started with Eve (1941)

[two tycoons leave Anne a paltry tip]

Anne Terry: This must be a new five-dollar coin they're putting out... it looks like the same old dime to me.

[Doctor Harvey disposes of Jonathan Sr.'s forbidden cigar]

Jonathan Reynolds: Hey, that's a two-dollar cigar!

Dr. Harvey: Where'd you get it?

Anne Terry: Don't look at me - I smoke a pipe.

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: Oh, I think you have a nice room. It's... different.

Anne Terry: Uh-huh. On a clear day you can see all the way across it.

[Jonny angrily chases Anne around his living room]

Anne Terry: Going around pinching people at your age.

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: When I get three seconds older, I'm going to start punching people.

[a waiter brings Jonathan Sr. an enormous, fruit-fillled cocktail]

Anne Terry: What's that?

Jonathan Reynolds: It's a Reynolds Special.

Anne Terry: Oh, but you shouldn't be... what's in it?

Jonathan Reynolds: Oh, oh, nothing but, ah, coconut milk and, ah, vegetable juices. Doctor Harvey orders it for me. It's horrible.

Anne Terry: Then why do you drink it.

Jonathan Reynolds: It reminds me of Doctor Harvey and make me hate him and when I hate him, I feel good.

Anne Terry: You told me you'd have that picture destroyed!

Jonathan Reynolds: Destroyed? If I'd done that, they'd never have seen it.

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: They?

Jonathan Reynolds: Those women... those bead-twirlers. They called before they left.

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: They're gone! I mean... they've gone?

Jonathan Reynolds: Well, they saw the picture in the paper. They said they were taking the first train to Mexico City. I advised them to take a plane - *quicker*.

[last lines]

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: All right, I'm sorry I pinched you.

Anne Terry: Honest?

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: Hm-hmm.

Anne Terry: You'll never do it again?

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: Never.

Anne Terry: Promise?

Jonathan Reynolds Jr.: Hm-hmm.

[Jonny leans forward as if to kiss Anne]

Anne Terry: JONNY!