All About Eve Quote

Margo Channing : I distinctly remember, Addison, crossing you off of my guest list. What are you doing here?
Addison DeWitt : Dear Margo, you were an unforgettable Peter Pan. You must play it again soon. You remember Miss Caswell.
Margo Channing : I do not. How do you do?
Claudia Caswell : We've never met. Maybe that's why?
Addison DeWitt : Miss Casswell is an actress, a graduate of the Copacabana School of the Dramatic Arts. [ Eve enters ]
Addison DeWitt : Ah Eve.
Eve Harrington : Good evening Mr. DeWitt.
Margo Channing : I'd no idea you two knew each other.
Addison DeWitt : This must be at long last our formal introduction. Until now we've only met in passing.
Claudia Caswell : That's how you met me... in passing.
Margo Channing : Eve, this is an old friend of Mr. DeWitt's mother. Miss Caswell, Miss Harrington.
Eve Harrington : Miss Caswell.
Claudia Caswell : How do you do?
Margo Channing : Addison, I've been waiting for you to meet Eve for the longest time.
Addison DeWitt : It could only have been your natural timidity that kept you from mentioning it.
Margo Channing : You've heard of her great interest in the theater.
Addison DeWitt : We have that in common.
Margo Channing : Then you two must have a long talk.
Eve Harrington : I'm afraid Mr. DeWitt would find me boring.
Claudia Caswell : You won't bore him long, you won't get a chance to talk.
Addison DeWitt : Claudia, come here [ takes her aside ]
Addison DeWitt : . You see that man, that's Max Fabian, the producer. Now go do yourself some good.
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Movie: All About Eve

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