:54:01
Well, she's on her way
with half the men in the joint.
:54:05
- It's only a fur coat.
- What do you expect? Live sable?
:54:08
Diamond collar, gold sleeves.
You know - picture people.
:54:14
Elder statesmen of the theatre or cinema
:54:17
assure the public that actors
and actresses are just plain folks,
:54:21
ignoring the fact that their greatest
attraction to the public
:54:25
is their complete lack of resemblance
to normal human beings.
:54:28
Now there's something
a girl could make sacrifices for.
:54:32
- And probably has.
- Sable.
:54:34
- Sable? Did she say sable or Gable?
- Either one.
:54:38
We all have abnormality in common.
:54:41
We're a breed apart from the rest
of humanity, we theatre folk.
:54:45
We are the original displaced personalities.
:54:48
You won't have to read his column
tomorrow, Eve. You just heard it.
:54:51
- I don't agree, Addison.
- That's your particular abnormality.
:54:56
I admit there's a screwball
element in the theatre.
:54:58
It sticks out, it's got spotlights
on it and a brass band.
:55:02
But it isn't basic. It isn't standard.
If it were, the theatre couldn't survive.
:55:07
- Waiter.
- That isn't a waiter, my dear. That's a butler.
:55:12
Well, I can'tyell out "butler", can I?
:55:14
Maybe somebody's name is Butler.
:55:17
You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point.
:55:20
I don't wanna make trouble.
All I want is a drink.
:55:24
- Leave it to me. I'll getyou one.
- Thank you, Mr Fabian.
:55:29
Well done. I can see your career
rising in the east like the sun.
:55:35
- You were saying?
- The theatre is nine-tenths hard work.
:55:40
Work done the hard way - by sweat,
application and craftsmanship.
:55:44
To be a good actor or actress,
or anything in the theatre,
:55:48
means wanting to be that
more than anything else.
:55:51
Yes. Yes, it does.
:55:53
It means a concentration
of desire or ambition and sacrifice
:55:57
such as no other profession demands.
:55:59
And the man or woman who accepts
those terms can't be ordinary,