Forever, Darling (1956)

James Mason: The Guardian Angel, James Mason

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Quotes 

• Susan Vega : Why do you look like James Mason?

  The Guardian Angel : Do I look like James Mason?

  Susan Vega : I should say you do!

  The Guardian Angel : [admiring himself in a mirror]  So I look like James Mason, do I?

• The Guardian Angel : Some people don't notice the clock on the wall 'till it stops ticking.

• Susan Vega : Why do you look like James Mason?

  The Guardian Angel : I look the way you want me to look.

  Susan Vega : Oh. You mean, if you were Millie's angel you'd look like Gregory Peck?

  The Guardian Angel : That's the idea. And if I were Larry's angel, I should look like Ava Gardner.

  Susan Vega : You would not! Larry's not like other men!

  The Guardian Angel : Isn't he?

• Charles Y. Bewell : What's this you were saying about Ava Gardner?

  Lorenzo Xavier Vega : Oh, I dreamed about her last night.

  Charles Y. Bewell : Hmmm. Nice going, boy.

  The Guardian Angel : [talking privately to Susan]  Well, I can't help it if he dreams about her. Do you remember the time you dreamed that you and I were caught in an elevator alone, between floors, and you...

  Susan Vega : Quiet!

• James Mason : [as the leading man in the movie]  What did you think you were doing... out there?

  Marilyn Maxwell : [as the leading lady in the movie]  Exploring.

  James Mason : [as the leading man in the movie]  You'll never know what you're going to meet when you go... exploring.

• James Mason : [as the leading man in the movie]  Are you my woman? Are you? Are you? Answer me. Are you my woman?

  Susan Vega : [fantasizing that she s the leading lady in the movie]  Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

• The Guardian Angel : Cut is out! Snap out of it, baby!

  Susan Vega : What did you call me?

  The Guardian Angel : Baby.

  Susan Vega : That's very sweet of you, Angel.

• Susan Vega : All right, why did she love him?

  The Guardian Angel : Because, the man with the face of a mountain goat - had the heart of an Abraham Lincoln.

• Susan Vega : I know what you're going to say, "The husband and wife are one and the husband is the one." Look, that's a very old fashioned idea. Why should the wife always go the husband's way?

  The Guardian Angel : [laughs]  Not always! But, in your case, there's no other way to go.