The Main Attraction (1962)

Nancy Kwan: Tessa

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Quotes 

• Tessa : Oh, it's you.

  Eddie : The Voice of America.

• Tessa : We're both running from something, I think.

• Tessa : Oh, I feel just like a fat, well-fed, old cat. I never had a cat. With the circus, it's difficult. Lions, of course. That's different. And when I was very little, I never even played with dolls. I had a monkey. I guess that's why I grew up crazy.

• Tessa : I got hips like a horse - and now I'm getting top heavy.

• Tessa : I'm glad I'm not in love with you.

  Eddie : That would be - pretty foolish, wouldn't it.

  Tessa : Actually, I don't even like you, very much. Why, I could even kiss you without feeling anything - I think.

  [kiss] 

  Tessa : Eddie, Eddie. I didn't mean what I said.

  Eddie : Listen to me, I'll tell you something. I love you - I think.

  [kiss] 

• Tessa : You better learn from Gina. She knows more than I do.

• Tessa : I fell asleep.

  Eddie : I was watching.

  Tessa : What did I look like.

  Eddie : A cabbage.

• Eddie : It's happening again. I can feel it.

  Tessa : What?

  Eddie : Trouble. Its hounded me all my life. Its in the air. I can smell it. Its lookin' for me out there, somewhere.

  Tessa : Why should trouble be after you?

  Eddie : Some people - are marked for it. Like me. It's like a shadow that follows me. I attract it. And I bring it down on everybody else. That's why I keep moving.

• Tessa : Eddie, don't you want to know why I left the circus?

  Eddie : I'd rather know why you smell so good.

• Eddie : So, you trust me.

  Tessa : Yes, I do - I think.

  Eddie : I wouldn't, if I were you.

  Tessa : No?

  Eddie : No.

  Tessa : Why?

  Eddie : Because I've known me a lot longer than you have - I think.

• Tessa : Don't go away tonight. Please. Please.

• Tessa : You really want to be clown.

  Eddie : Some people claim I am. Nah, I just want to try everything - once.