The Barefoot Contessa
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There's one phrase I've avoided like
the plague because it never worked out.

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With you, I think it would.
You couldn't miss.

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I think that I am pretty enough, but
I would not want to be that kind of star.

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Pretty enough? Any woman that
can use the moon for a key light...

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Key light? What is that?
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Your own special light when the stage
is all lit up. It shines only on you.

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- Like the moon.
- Like the moon.

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You must learn how to find it
out of all the other lights.

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How never to lose it. How to make it
do things for your eyes, lips and hair.

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- But this is not acting.
- No, this is not acting.

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- And it's not all you have to learn either.
- But... if I could act a little,

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would you help me to become a really
good actress? Would you help me?

:26:58
What makes a man want to write
about people, or direct people,

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is because usually he has a sort of
sixth sense about them, or thinks he has.

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Like a witch.
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Now, my five ordinary senses, what with
alcohol and the rest, are nothing special.

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But I have a sixth sense
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that any witch in the world would
give her left broomstick to have.

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And... with sense number six,
you feel something about me.

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Therefore, owing to circumstances which,
believe me, are beyond my control,

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I hereby advise you not to
come to Rome to make the test.

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Not to come to America.
At least, not for a while.

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- At least, not...
- At least, not to Mr Kirk Edwards.

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- Is that what you fear?
- Part of it.

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That's the only part I can put into words.
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Or perhaps you want me for yourself,
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and you are afraid Mr Edwards' money
will make him more attractive than you.

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What makes women think that money
makes a man feel more attractive?

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I never met a rich man who didn't think
he was being loved in spite of his money.


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