The Actress Quotes in Insignificance (1985)

The Actress: I only said I knew, because you said you knew.

The Professor: I lied. Knowledge isn't truth. It's just mindless agreement. You agree with me, I agree with someone else - we all have knowledge. We haven't come any closer to the truth. You can never understand anything by agreeing, by making definitions. Only by turning over the possibilities. That's called thinking. If I say I know, I stop thinking. As long as I keep thinking, I come to understand. That way, I might approach some truth.

The Actress: Have you ever noticed how "What the hell" is always the right decision to make?

[to The Professor]

The Actress: Look! Stop talking so goddamn smart! I've heard enough! It just sounds like words! I've heard enough of your words! I came here to know you, and all you've done is hide behind words! What are you hiding from? What are you afraid of?

[last lines]

The Actress: [smiling and waving to the Professor] Bye!

The Actress: But if you've finished it, and so much as you've studied it, you'd know how it all fits... how it all works. In fact, you'd know everything!

The Professor: Ha, ha. I'm an old man. I wouldn't survive the publicity.

Sam: Do you know Hope from Six E?

The Actress: My acting coach told me not to talk to anyone while I'm doing my exercises.