Nashville (1975)

Henry Gibson: Haven Hamilton

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Quotes 

• Haven Hamilton : I don't know who you are or what you're doing here, but I will not tolerate rudeness in the presence of a star...

  [pauses, glances at Eliot Gould] 

  Haven Hamilton : Two stars.

• Haven Hamilton : What a surprise. Julie Christie.

  Connie White : Who's Julie Christie?

  Haven Hamilton : Who's Julie Christie? She's a star. She's won an Academy Award.

  Connie White : Oh!

  Haven Hamilton : No, I'm not kiddin'. For one of those pictures. I don't know which one. She's done so many.

  Connie White : Isn't he a gem? He's got the worst sense of humor.

  Haven Hamilton : No, she's lovely.

  Connie White : Oh, come on. She can't even comb her hair.

• Haven Hamilton : Y'all take it easy now. This isn't Dallas, it's Nashville! They can't do this to us here in Nashville! Let's show them what we're made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing!

• Lady Pearl : Mister, uh, Triplette. Now I'm real sorry ol' Delbert went and told you Haven would appear at the political rally. He knows better'n that. Well, we never let Haven Hamilton take sides, politically.

  Haven Hamilton : You understand we give contributions to ever'body. And they are not puny contributions.

  Lady Pearl : Only time I ever went hog-wild, around the bend, was for the Kennedy boys. But they were different.

• Haven Hamilton : [singing]  My mother's people came by ship, And fought at Bunker Hill, My daddy lost a leg in France, I have his medal still, My brother served with Patton, I saw action in Algiers, Oh, we must be doin' somethin' right to last 200 years...

• Haven Hamilton : Alright, Bob, I want to do another one. Jimmy, you count off. I want to hear a little more Haven in this one.

• Haven Hamilton : You get your hair cut. You don't belong in Nashville!

• Haven Hamilton : So beautiful. Did you ever see such pretty girls in your life? Someday you're gonna be big girls, like your Momma is.

• Haven Hamilton : Alright, twirlers - let's twirl!

• Haven Hamilton : [singing]  Unpack your bags, And try not to cry, I can't leave my wife, There's three reasons why, There's Jimmy, Cathy, and sweet Lorelei, For the sake of the children, We must say goodbye, For the sake of the children, We must say goodbye, Cause Jimmy's been wishin', That I'd take him fishin', His little league pitchin', Is somethin' to see...

• Haven Hamilton : [singing]  If it hales or if it snows, Keep a-goin', Ain't no use to sit and whine, Cause the fish ain't on your line, Bait your hook and keep a-tryin', Keep a-goin'...

• Barbara Jean , Haven Hamilton : [singing]  One, I love you, Two, I'm thinking of you, Three, I'll never let you go, And four, I miss you, Five, I wanna kiss you, Six, I won't leave you no more...

• Haven Hamilton : This is such a coincidence. I was talkin' about the Christy Minstrels just this mornin', and now we have Julie Christie here.