Champion (1949)

Ruth Roman: Emma Bryce

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Quotes 

• Emma : [to Connie at the restaurant]  I wanted to get away from dirty dishes and glasses, but here I am.

• Connie : Why haven't you divorced him?

  Emma : I don't know. You know there's more loneliness than anything else in the world. You could be lonely in an awful lot of places - movies, dance halls, in your own room. People are funny.

  [she looks at her wedding ring] 

  Emma : One little piece of cheap gold can almost make you believe things are different than they really are. What do you want, Connie? Does Midge want a divorce? He can have it!

  [she cries and leaves] 

• Connie : You still love him. You know you do.

  Emma : Do I? I don't think so.

  Connie : Love isn't something you can put on or take off like an overcoat, you know.

• Emma : It's funny.

  Midge : What?

  Emma : You know, I didn't like you at first. Well, you know, you never smile. I mean really smile. Not just on the outside.

  Midge : Got to be happy to smile that way.

  Emma : Aren't you happy?

  Midge : Well, right now I am.

  Emma : Then why don't you smile?

  Emma : [he laughs]  Midge, why aren't you happy?

  Midge : Happy? It's hard to be happy when you're poor. I've been poor all my life. Real poor. You know what it is to be real poor? Cold poor? Hungry poor?