Charade : Best Charade Lines.?

Best Charade Lines.?

Post your favourites!

"How'd you like a spanking?"

"How'd you like a punch in the nose!?"



It's something you'll get used to, a mental mindfvck can be nice.

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"you know what's the matter with you?"
"no, what?"
"NOTHING."

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There are so many good lines. Personally, my favourite is the way Audrey says "I love you" twice over at the end. She put so much feeling into it. :o

'I've got something here….'

"...I've got liverwurst, liverwurst, chicken or liverwurst."


I should say we are spoilt for choice for great lines in this film - I just like Walter Matthau's delivery.

On your train of thought, I think I just caught the caboose.

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Hepburn: Can you recognize heroin just by the taste?
Grant [tastes it]: Heroin!... Peppermint-flavored heroin...

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LOL! This is a great, great thread. I love all the quotes that you guys already stated. If I could, I'd post all my favorite quotes from the movie, but that would take up FAR too much space, lol.

Nevertheless, here are my favorite lines that I can't get out of my head:

On the boat, Adam says, "Well, when you come on, you come on."

Reggie replies, "Well, come on."

After she learns his real name and she realizes what he said (about the marriage license), she says, "Marriage license? Did you say marriage license?"

Brian says, "Now don't change the subject, just give me the stamps."

Then she hugs him and says, "Oh, I love you Adam, Alex, Peter, Brian, whatever your name is. Oh, I love you. I hope we have a lot of boys and we can name them all after you."

While smiling, Brian replies, "Before we start that, may I have the stamps?" But then she beautifully kisses him and he beautifully relents, kissing her back.

And... ah, such a classic, beautiful ending to a classic, beautiful movie.


"Let every man be master of his time." -- Macbeth by William Shakespeare

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While smiling, Brian replies, "Before we start that, may I have the stamps?" But then she beautifully kisses him and he beautifully relents, kissing her back

A very similar "I might as well give in" kiss, with another Hepburn, occurred at the end of another favorite, "Bringing Up Baby", preceded by an "Oh, well. . ." by Grant.

I loved his line, in the shower, about his water-proof belt, ending; "Proof-proof". He was great at being totally silly. I bet he was great with little kids.

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"Of course, you won't be able to lie on your back for awhile... but then, you can lie from any position, can't you?!"






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"I don't bite, you know...unless it's called for."

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Reggie: "I always liked this room. Charles never saw it...only the things IN it. I think I prefer it this way..."

Stamp collector: "And don't forget these, madam."
"Thank you...I'm sorry..."
"That's all right. For a few minutes, they were mine. That is enough."

Reggie: "I'm not hungry any more, isn't it glo-o-o-rious!"

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how do you shave in there?

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Cary: "Who is it?"
Audrey: "It's the house detective. Why don't you have a girl in there?"

Cary: "You should see your face."
Audrey: "What's wrong with it?"
Cary: "It's lovely."

This is the only breezy, sophisticated murder mystery ever made. And it could never be remade. The elegance of the stars and the market for this type of entertainment passed long ago (witness the lame, unpopular remake of Sabrina).

I adore this film. I was 8 when taken to see it as the Christmas movie at Radio City Music Hall in December 1963. Though parts of it scared the bejesus out of me at that age, I loved it then and love it now.

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"I hope we have lots of boys so we can name all of them after you"

haha

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This film is full of good one-liners.

Tex - Poor old Herman. It seems like him and good luck always was strangers. Well, maybe now he'll meet up with his other hand some place.

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I can't believe no one has mentioned my favorite yet: "I already know an awful lot of people, and until one of them dies, I couldn't possibly meet anyone else." HILARIOUS!!

"Don't dream it, be it."

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in the elevator

"this is a good place for making friends."

"here you are"
"where?'
"on the street where you live."
"how about once more aorund the park?"

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I'm so glad you pointed it out. I was waiting for someone to say that line. If not, I was going to say it. "On the street where you live" is that a wink-wink to Audrey Hepburn starring in My Fair Lady? After all, that is the name of one of the songs from it. I thought it was cute because I imagined that it was an inside joke concerning My Fair Lady. Maybe I'm wrong.

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yes, i caught that right away and loved it. but what i have spent an hour trying to find out- no results- is if reggie's reply, 'how bout once more around the park?' is also some in-joke. but i've found nothing.....






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My Fair Lady didn't come out till a year later, so I doubt it....

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I think the line "here on the street where you live" was written into the script as an inside joke, because Audrey Hepburn at the time of Charade filming already had been cast instead of Julie Andrews from the stage play.
Otherwise it really doesn't make much sense.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
-Dennis

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"Can't he do something constructive like start an avalanche or something?"

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In this witty movie full of super lines, I'll still have to go with howlin's answer.

"You won't be able to lie on your back for a while, but you can lie from any position, can't you?"

Some of the other classic lines:
Just about every line on the boat

Just about every line after Regina meets Mr. Crooksank.

Just about every line in ...okay, just about every line.

One that I remembered as a kid, and stuck out when the movie replayed was not a witty line, but merely the telltale line
"Be careful, Adam, he's already killed three men".

It kind of identified the movie immediately.

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time
that's not funny!

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I liked the funeral one someone mentioned a few posts back. Lost it when it cut to him clipping his nails

"Your blocking my view"
"Oh uh *looks around behind him* which view would you prefer?"
"The one your blocking"

"It's a drip dry"

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Reggie: What's that got to do with the CIO

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Walter Mattheau's reaction is priceless!: *stares* "..... C.I.A."

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just fyi, i did notice 2 in-joke/foreshadowing lines when i saw this (third time in many yrs) tonight:
early on, there is a line about 'just the mail' and another stamp comment early on.






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p.p.s, the screenplay is on-line!:

http://sfy.ru/?script=charade







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Just as "the street where you live: is a reference to My Fair Lady I think that the "once more around the park" is a reference to a line in Breakfast at Tiffany's

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ah ha! you hot ticket you! thanks!






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Thanks so much for posting the Screenplay.

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my pleasure. imdb users have posted so many helpful links over the years, i am happy to have been able to provide a good one!







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Reggie: What's all this got to do with me, Mr. Bartholomew?

Bartholomew (his mouth full): Your husband was wanted by the U.S. government.

Reggie (a pause): May I have a sandwich, please?


That line cracks me up. Hepburn's timing is perfect.

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How was no one said this one? This is easily the best.

REGGIE (reading)
"My dear Regina: I hope you are enjoying your
holiday. Megeve can be so lovely this time of
year. The days pass very slowly and I hope to
see you soon. As always, Charles. P.S. Your
dentist called yesterday. Your appointment has
been changed." (she looks up, puzzled) Not
very much, is it?

GRANDPIERRE
We took the liberty of calling your dentist --
we thought, perhaps, we would learn something.

REGGIE
Did you?

GRANDPIERRE
Yes. Your appointment has been changed.

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Haha, that one is awesome...

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Bingo...although there were many good lines in the movie...this one was the only one that made me lol.

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Reggie Lampert: Hello, Mr. Dyle.

Alexander Dyle: Reggie?

Reggie Lampert: Well, that's the only name I've got.

Anything to do with "Brian's" alter-egos was witty and amusing in
this very entertaining film.

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Bartholomew (indicating Reggie's lit cigarette as she lights another): "What's wrong with that one?"

Reggie: "Nothing."

Bartholomew" "Do you have any idea how much these things cost over here?"

Brilliant. In the middle of a murder mystery/spy/whodunnit (at this point in the film we don't know what it is) someone is worried about costs, and Matthau plays it brilliantly. That's what makes this film such a classic.

..Joe

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"You're probably weak from hunger. You've only eaten five times today."

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"I left him hanging around the American Express."

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My younger sister loved this as much as I do. One of her favorite lines, which she often used at odd times:
"I'm having a nervous breakdown."

I also love the opening lines:
"Don't tell me. You didn't know it was loaded."

Sylvie's line about Reggie always eating is great:
"It is infuriating that your unhappiness does not turn to fat!"
That trait of hers is what helps make this so different. This elegantly slender lady is a compulsive eater when she's nervous.

I worked with a lady very much like her: delicate, fragile-looking~and a chowhound! Also, my sister was like that till she was in her 30s: a hearty eater who never seemed to gain an ounce. When she started gaining and her doctor asked her, "What are you going to do about this extra weight?" my sister quipped, "Buy a bigger pair of pants!" Gosh! Do I miss her!

"I was just nibbling on something." ~ when interrupted by a phonecall during the cuddling and kissing

I had to look this one up because I figured that I'd misquote it:
"Alistair!"
"What is it now, Pamela?"
"It happened again! Another strange man peered in the window at me but then went away."
"Bad luck, Pamela."
That makes me *snicker*snort* every time! It's just this throwaway bit, but it's what makes the screenplay a delight.

"Who put that there?!" ~ Alexander (at that moment) of Notre Dame after one of Reggie's many non sequiturs

"It's the house detective! Why don't you have a girl in there?"

"Caught you! Ha! Ha!"


*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***

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"Alistair!"
"What is it now, Pamela?"
"It happened again! Another strange man peered in the window at me but then went away."
"Bad luck, Pamela."
That makes me *snicker*snort* every time! It's just this throwaway bit, but it's what makes the screenplay a delight.
I think it's not just a throwaway bit, it's there so that the audience knows that the other guy (Herman) had indeed come past the same route and that "Peter" (Cary Grant) was on the right track.


"Who put that there?!" ~ Alexander (at that moment) of Notre Dame after one of Reggie's many non sequiturs
I like that one too.

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Two moments in the Church during Charles' funeral:


SYLVIE: Didn't Charles have any friends?

REGGIE: Don't ask me -- I'm only the widow. If Charles had died in bed we wouldn't even have him. (indicating GRANDPIERRE)

AND


GIDEON sneezes six times in rapid succession.

SYLVIE: He must have known Charles pretty well.

REGGIE: How can you tell?

SYLVIE: He's allergic to him.

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Woman: "Can we watch something else?"
Man: "No, I want to see how this ends."

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I'm so glad to see this wonderful film, the style and elegance of which we will never see again, has so many fans - who've obviously watched it multiple times! I remember seeing it when it came out, in the fall of '63, at Radio City Music Hall when I was 8 years old. Loved it then, still love it at 59!

Some fave lines:

REGGIE: I can't stand [smoking filtered cigarettes]. It's like drinking coffee through a veil.

TEX: She batted them big eyes o' hers, and you fell for it like an egg from a tall chicken.

TEX: You killed all three of them for nothin'! You greenhorn, you blockheaded jackass, you nincompoop!

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Mr. Bartholomew, if you're trying to frighten me...you're doing a first-rate job!

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Would you like to see where I was tattooed?
Yes!
All right. We'll drive around that way.

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Come in. I've got something that stings like crazy.

You're the kind of girl who'd have something like that.

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