The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Shirley MacLaine: Mae Jenkins
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Quotes
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Mae Jenkins : [Looking indifferently at the leaning tower of Pisa] So it leans. So a lot of things lean.
Paolo Maltese : [Turning to Mae] You ever heard of Galileo, maybe?
Mae Jenkins : Sure I have heard of Galileo.
Paolo Maltese : [Turning to Joey] She ever heard of Galileo?
Joey Friedlander : Nah...
Paolo Maltese : Five-six hundred years ago, this Galileo dropped two stones off that tower, one big one, and one little one.
Mae Jenkins : So?
Paolo Maltese : So he proved the law of gravity or somethin'. I don't know.
Mae Jenkins : And brained a couple of citizens, maybe. Big deal.
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Paolo Maltese : [Pointing at the Cathedral of Pisa with pride] Look at it.
Mae Jenkins : What is it?
Paolo Maltese : The Cathedral. That is the most beautiful and the most famous cathedral in the whole world.
Mae Jenkins : Yeah, it's got too many pillars.
Paolo Maltese : Too many pillars...
Mae Jenkins : Yeah.
Paolo Maltese : Listen to me. That is the most beautiful and the most famous cathedral in the whole WORLD.
Mae Jenkins : It's got too many pillars!
Paolo Maltese : It was built in 1050!
Mae Jenkins : Yeah, so in 1050 they put in too many pillars!
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Mae Jenkins : Look - The car is smiling! It's got eyes, a nose... and a mouth! You know what else it's got? Class! Paolo, l want this one!
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Paolo Maltese : [Turning toward the Baptistery] This over here is the Baptistery. From all over the world...
Mae Jenkins : Oh well.
[and walks away]
Paolo Maltese : [Catches up with her, exasperated] Listen. THAT is the Baptistery. From all over the world people are coming here everyday just to look at it.
Mae Jenkins : Well, I guess they just must like baptisteries.
[Walks away]
Paolo Maltese : [Turning to Joey] Without exception, Joey, without challenge from anyone anywhere, this is the most stupidest, the most unfeelingest, the most uncooperative broad in the whole planet.