Trevor Graydon Quotes in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

Trevor Graydon: Bolt the door. Take off your things. Let's have a sample.

[Millie is trying to seduce her boss Trevor Graydon, who has nicknamed her John]

Millie Dillmount: Do you have a mo?

Trevor Graydon: A what?

Millie Dillmount: A moment. I would just love to get a man's opinion of Rudolph Valentino.

Trevor Graydon: Huh?

Millie Dillmount: I mean, in The Sheik, he takes Agnes Ayres by brute force, and she enjoys it. She enjoys it... a lot. What is your opinion of brute force, Mr. Graydon?

Trevor Graydon: Well, I'm not for it. No, I'm not for it at all. No, that is not what women really want today. The late war has upset them. Now they are disillusioned. They yearn for truth. Give them a young man they can trust. Tom Sawyer, at twenty.

Millie Dillmount: I never read Tom Sawyer. Was he... sexy?

Trevor Graydon: He was only twelve!

Millie Dillmount: [seductively] So? If ya got it, ya got it.

Trevor Graydon: [shocked] Why John!

Millie Dillmount: Let me get you some more coffee, Mr. Graydon.

[Millie picks up his coffee cup, looks at it, then smells its contents]

Millie Dillmount: [excitedly] Strong spirits!

Trevor Graydon: Not strong enough!

Jimmy Smith: You think that...?

Trevor Graydon: I do.

Jimmy Smith: You don't mean...?

Trevor Graydon: I'm afraid.

Jimmy Smith: Then by now she could be...

Trevor Graydon: Yes.

Trevor Graydon: Swell! Just swell!