The Glass Slipper (1955)
Leslie Caron: Ella
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Quotes
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Ella : Your shoes are getting wet!
Mrs. Toquet : Yes, it's the water.
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Ella : Who is Mrs. Toquet?
Widow Sonder : Isn't she the crazy old woman who lives in the woods, she's harmless but she steals.
[adjusting Serafina's stays]
Ella : Has she always been like that? I mean has she always...
Widow Sonder : They say she was once a grand lady and lived on the hill. But she took to reading books and went from bad to worse, stuffed her head with full of ideas, and now she's a bit addled.
Birdena : A bit addled? Oh, Mother! She's as crazy as a cockroach.
Ella : No she isn't! She's just different. She's full of good ideas.
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Ella : The son of cook of the palace of the Duuc...
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Ella : Why, Mrs. Toquet!
Mrs. Toquet : Why not Mrs. Toquet?
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Mrs. Toquet : What's your name?
Ella : Ella, but they won't even call me by name! They call me, Edwin and Willy and the others, because of the ashes they call me Cinderella.
Mrs. Toquet : Cinderella... Cin-der-el-la. Such a beautiful word, I like it very much. There are other words I like very much, like windowsill and elbow. *El-bow.* And I like apple dumpling too. Apple dumpling, it's a comical word. Apple dumpling. Pickle relish! That has a nice snap to it! What happened to your hair?
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Ella : I'm not dirty. Just cinders.
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Mrs. Toquet : Nevertheless.
Ella : Nevertheless, what?
Mrs. Toquet : Nevertheless. It's a nice word.
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Ella : He'd be too busy to talk to me.
Mrs. Toquet : Then you do the talking.
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Prince Charles : Life can be pretty unbearable if you don't have anything to hope for.
Ella : Do you have something to hope for?
Prince Charles : I think I'm beginning to have.
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Ella : That's true. You're right.
Mrs. Toquet : I usually am, 99 times out of 10.
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Mrs. Toquet : Can he cook?
Ella : Well, I don't know. I don't think so.
Mrs. Toquet : Too bad. Men make the best cooks. Better than women, they say. Don't worry. Perhaps he can do other things.
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Mrs. Toquet : Now for some slippers. Now, I just happen to have a pair that I think - put it on.
Ella : Oh! Isn't it beautiful. It's glass!
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Mrs. Toquet : He conquers who endures all. All women must endure these discomforts.
Ella : Why?
Mrs. Toquet : For fashion! It fascinates men. Makes them marvel at women. Fills them with awe, because they know they couldn't stand it.
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Mrs. Toquet : You're sad. You need to hear a little philosophy. Let me see, now. I must give you some homely wisdom. Try this: life is like your pipe, you never know where you put it. Does that make you feel better?
Ella : No! Not yet, that is. Maybe later.
Mrs. Toquet : Try another: the clouds pass, the blue remains constant.
Ella : I - I guess it does.
Mrs. Toquet : Hmm. Try this one: life is mysterious and search for causes occasionally bring about strange results, just as potatoes occasionally resemble eminent statesmen.
