The Graduate Quotes

The Graduate is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . The Graduate stopped airing in 1970.

It features Lawrence Turman as producer, Paul Simon, and Dave Grusin in charge of musical score, and Robert Surtees (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Graduate is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Graduate is 105 minutes long. The Graduate is distributed by Embassy Pictures, and United Artists.

The cast includes: Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin, Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, Katharine Ross as Elaine, William Daniels as Mr. Braddock, Walter Brooke as Mr. McGuire, Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Braddock, Murray Hamilton as Mr. Robinson, Norman Fell as Mr. McCleery, Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, Katharine Ross as Elaine Robinson, Alice Ghostley as Mrs. Singleman, Marion Lorne as Miss DeWitte, and Alice Ghostley as Mr. Singleman.

The Graduate Quotes

Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Listen to me. What happened between Mrs. Robinson and me was nothing. It didn't mean anything. We might just as well have been shaking hands."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Shaking hands? Well, that's not saying much for my wife, is it?"

• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm going to marry Elaine Robinson."
• (William Daniels) "Well, well, well."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "What's happening"
• (William Daniels) "Ben says he and Elaine are getting married."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "I don't believe it."
• (William Daniels) "That what he says. Right?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm going up to Berkeley today."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "Oh, Ben. This is so exciting."
• (William Daniels) "Come on, let's call the Robinsons. We've got something to celebrate."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No. I think you'll want to wait on that."
• (William Daniels) "They don't know?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, they don't."
• (William Daniels) "Well, when did you decide all this?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "About an hour ago."
• (William Daniels) "Wait a minute. You talked to Elaine this morning?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No. She doesn't know about it."
• (William Daniels) "She doesn't know that you're coming up to Berkeley?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No. Actually, she doesn't know about us getting married yet."
• (William Daniels) "When did you two talk this over?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "We haven't."
• (William Daniels) "Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, it's not, Dad. It's completely baked. It's a decision I've made."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "But what makes you think she wants to marry you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "She doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Don't talk about Elaine?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "No."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why not?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Because I don't want you to."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why don't you? I wish you'd tell me."
• (Anne Bancroft) "There's nothing to tell."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why is she a big taboo subject all of a sudden? Well, I guess I'll have to ask her out on a date and find out what the big deal is."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Benjamin --"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Ow."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Don't you ever take that girl out. Do you understand me?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Look, I have no intention of taking her out."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Good."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I was just kidding around."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Good."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "But why shouldn't I?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "I have my reasons."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, let's hear them."
• (Anne Bancroft) "No."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Let's hear them, Mrs. Robinson, because I think I know what they are; I'm not good enough for her to associate with, am I? I'm not good enough to even talk about her, am I?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Let's drop it."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "We're not dropping it. I'm good enough for you, but I'm not good enough to associate with your daughter. That's it, isn't it. Isn't it?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Yes."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "You go to hell. You go straight to hell, Mrs. Robinson. Do you think I'm proud of myself? Do you think I'm proud of this?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "I wouldn't know."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, I am not. No sir, I am not proud that I spend my time with a broken-down alcoholic."
• (Anne Bancroft) "I see."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "And if you think I come here for any reason besides pure boredom, then you're all wrong; because Mrs. Robinson, this is the sickest, most perverted thing in the world that ever happened to me. And you do what you want, but I'm getting the hell out."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Are you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Goddam right I am."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Look, maybe we could do something else together. Mrs. Robinson, would you like to go to a movie?"

• (Dustin Hoffman) "I don't know. They must think I look like this guy Gladstone."
• (Marion Lorne) "Hello, Mr. Braniff."

• (Room Clerk) "Are you here for an affair, sir?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What?"
• (Room Clerk) "The Singleman party, sir?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Ah, yes, the Singleman party."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Wood?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "What?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Wood or wire? They have both."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, my God."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Pardon?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. Oh no."
• (Anne Bancroft) "What's wrong?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mrs. Robinson, you didn't -- I mean, you didn't expect --"
• (Anne Bancroft) "What?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I mean, you didn't really think I'd do something like THAT."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Like what?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What do you think?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Well, I don't know."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You -- put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours."
• (Anne Bancroft) "So?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Huh?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Aren't you?"

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Elaine. Elaine."
• (Katharine Ross) "Benjamin?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm coming up."
• (Katharine Ross) "I'm not dressed yet."
• (Katharine Ross) "Benjamin, I said I wasn't dressed."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "You've got to go over the back fence, and I'll meet you in the courtyard."
• (Katharine Ross) "What's the matter?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Hurry, put your shoes on."
• (Katharine Ross) "Benjamin, Benjamin."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Elaine."
• (Katharine Ross) "What are you doing?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Elaine, I have to tell you something."
• (Katharine Ross) "What is it?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "That woman --"
• (Katharine Ross) "What?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "That woman; that older woman that I told you about?"
• (Katharine Ross) "You mean that one?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes, the married woman; that wasn't just some woman."
• (Katharine Ross) "What are you telling me? Benjamin, will you just tell me what this is all about?"
• (Katharine Ross) "Oh, no."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Elaine --"
• (Katharine Ross) "Oh my God."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Please."
• (Katharine Ross) "Get out of here."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Don't cry."
• (Katharine Ross) "Get out. Get out, out. Get out."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Goodbye, Benjamin."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Elaine, would you just tell me where he proposed to you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh God, it wasn't in his car, was it?"

• (Dustin Hoffman) "What kind of car was it?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "What?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Do you remember the make of the car?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Oh, my God."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Really, I want to know."
• (Anne Bancroft) "It was a Ford, Benjamin."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "A Ford, a Ford. Goddam it, that's great. A Ford."
• (Anne Bancroft) "That's enough."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "So old Elaine Robinson got started in a Ford."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Don't talk about Elaine."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Don't talk about Elaine?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "No."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why not?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Because I don't want you to."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why don't you? I wish you'd tell me."
• (Anne Bancroft) "There's nothing to tell."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, why is she a big taboo subject all of a sudden? Well, I guess I'll have to ask her out on a date and find out what the big deal is."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Benjamin."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Ow."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Don't you ever take that girl out. Do you understand that?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Look, I have no intention of taking her out."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Good."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Can I use your phone?"
• (Gas station attendant) "Yeah."
• (Unnamed) "657-2036."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Hello? Who is this?"
• (Unnamed) "This is Dr. Smith's answering service."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Is the doctor anywhere?"
• (Unnamed) "I'm afraid the doctor can't be reached right now. If you'd like to leave --"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I have to know where he is."
• (Unnamed) "Well, you see, the doctor is at his son's wedding, but I'm sure it's over by now. He should be checking in any moment."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Listen to me. I'm Dr. Smith's brother -- Reverend Smith, and I'm supposed to perform the ceremony. I just got in from Portland, and I've forgotten what church, you see?"
• (Unnamed) "Oh, well, I'm not sure, but you might try the First Presbyterian. Now that's on Allen Street."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Thank you."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Allen Street, where is it?"
• (Gas station attendant) "Allen, uh -- it's, uh -- it's, uh -- it's six blocks up and, uh -- three over. Hey, you need any gas, Father?"

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Who is it?"
• (Katharine Ross) "I want to ask you a question, and then I'm going."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Come in."
• (Katharine Ross) "No. I want to know why you're here in Berkeley."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Because -- I am."
• (Katharine Ross) "Is it because I'm here?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What do you think?"
• (Katharine Ross) "I think it is. I said, "I think it is.""
• (Dustin Hoffman) "All right, then yes."
• (Katharine Ross) "Well, I want you to leave."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, look, I love you."
• (Katharine Ross) "How could you do that, Benjamin? Do you just hate everything? How could you possibly rape my mother?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What?"
• (Katharine Ross) "I don't understand. I don't understand how you --"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Did you say "rape her"?"
• (Katharine Ross) "How you or anyone could do a thing like that."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What did she say? You've got to tell me what she said."
• (Katharine Ross) "Why?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Because it isn't true. Tell me."
• (Katharine Ross) "She said that she was having a drink at the hotel with a friend, and that you -- waited for her in the parking lot, and told her that she was too drunk to drive home, and that you would get her a room for the night."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, then what?"
• (Katharine Ross) "Then you took her upstairs, and you raped her."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, no no, that's not what happened. What happened was that there was this party at my parents, I drove your mother home --"
• (Katharine Ross) "I don't want to hear this."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Then we went upstairs to see your portrait --"
• (Katharine Ross) "No, I don't."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "When we got up in the room, she started taking her clothes off --"
• (Katharine Ross) "This is my mother, Benjamin."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "And suddenly, there she was without any clothes on, I mean, reallly naked."
• (Katharine Ross) "Okay."

• (Dustin Hoffman) "Good God."

Walter Brooke as Mr. McGuire

• (Walter Brooke) "Ben."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Excuse me."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mr. McGuire."
• (Walter Brooke) "Ben."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mr. McGuire."

Murray Hamilton as Mr. Robinson

• (Murray Hamilton) "All right, now listen to this. I don't know whether I can prosecute, but I think I can. I think I can get you behind bars if you ever look at my daughter again. Now, I've seen Elaine, and I've made damn sure you can't get to her. Stay away from me, Ben."
• (Murray Hamilton) "I don't want to mince words with you. As far as Elaine is concerned, you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now. Is that perfectly clear to you? And that's all, Ben. You'll pardon me if I don't shake hands with you."
• (Murray Hamilton) "I think you are filth. I think you are scum. You are a degenerate."

• (Murray Hamilton) "Do you ummm -- do you want to tell me why you did it"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mr. Robinson."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Do you have a special grudge against me? Do you feel a particularly strong resentment? Is there something I've said that's caused this contempt, or is it just things I stand for that you despise?"

• (Murray Hamilton) "Is that Ben's car in front?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes, sir. I drove -- I drove Mrs. Robinson home. She wanted me to drive her home so I drove her home."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Swell. I appreciate."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "She's upstairs. She wanted me to wait down here till you got home."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Standing guard over the old castle, are you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes, sir."

• (Murray Hamilton) "All right, come on, let's have a nightcap together."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Scotch?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Bourbon."
• (Murray Hamilton) "Ben -- How old are you now?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Twenty. I'll be 21 next week."
• (Murray Hamilton) "That's a hell of a good age to be."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Thank you. Thank you very much, sir."
• (Murray Hamilton) "I, uh -- I wish I was that age again. Because, Ben --"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Sir?"
• (Murray Hamilton) "You'll never be young again."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I know."

• (Murray Hamilton) "You punk. You crazy punk. I'll kill you."

Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson

• (Anne Bancroft) "Drive down the block."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mrs. Robinson, Elaine and I have a date, we're going for a drive."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Do exactly as I say."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Now, it seems to me --"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Listen very carefully to me, Benjamin: You are not to see Elaine again, ever. Those are my orders, is that clear?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Mrs. Robinson, do you think --"
• (Anne Bancroft) "I can make things quite unpleasant."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "How?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "In order to keep Elaine away from you, I'm prepared to tell her everything."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I don't believe you."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Then you better start believing me."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I just don't believe you would do that."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Try me."

• (Anne Bancroft) "Benjamin."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Isn't there something you want to tell me?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Tell you?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Yes."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, I want you to know how much I appreciate this. Really."
• (Anne Bancroft) "The number."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "The room number, Benjamin. I think you ought to tell me that."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, you're absolutely right. It's 568."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Thank you."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "You're welcome. Well -- I'll see you later, Mrs. Robinson."

• (Anne Bancroft) "Elaine, it's too late."
• (Katharine Ross) "Not for me."

Alice Ghostley as Mr. Singleman

• (Alice Ghostley) "Hello."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Hello."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, you must be one of the porters."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, actually, I'm not --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Yes, I'd like you to meet my sister, Miss DeWitte."
• (Marion Lorne) "How do you do?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "How do you do, Miss DeWitte?"
• (Alice Ghostley) "And that's my husband, Mr. Singleman."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, sorry."
• (Geoffrey) "Fine, thank you."
• (Alice Ghostley) "That's Geoffrey, of course."
• (Alice Ghostley) "I didn't get your name, sir."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Benjamin Braddock, sir, but I'm --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Braddock? Braddock?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes, but I'm afraid I'm --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, no no no, I'll find your table in just a moment."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Braddock, Braddock, Braddock, not Branham, we have a Branham."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, actually, I'm just looking for a friend."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, but I don't understand."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm not with your party. I'm sorry."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Hey, I don't get it."
• (Marion Lorne) "I've enjoyed meeting you, Mr. Braddock."

• (Alice Ghostley) "Hello."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Hello."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, you must be one of the porters."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, actually, I'm not --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Yes, I'd like you to meet my sister, Miss DeWitte."
• (Marion Lorne) "How do you do?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "How do you do, Miss DeWitte?"
• (Alice Ghostley) "And that's my husband, Mr. Singleman."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, sorry."
• (Geoffrey) "Fine, thank you."
• (Alice Ghostley) "That's Geoffrey, of course."
• (Alice Ghostley) "I didn't get your name, sir."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Benjamin Braddock, sir, but I'm --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Braddock? Branham?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Yes, but I'm afraid I'm --"
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, no no no, I'll find your table in just a moment."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Braddock, Braddock, Braddock, not Branham, we have a Branham."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No, actually, I'm just looking for a friend."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Oh, but I don't understand."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm not with your party. I'm sorry."
• (Alice Ghostley) "Hey, I don't get it."
• (Alice Ghostley) "I've enjoyed meeting you, Mr. Braddock."

Norman Fell as Mr. McCleery

• (Norman Fell) "I just like to know what my boys are up to."
• (Norman Fell) "You aren't one of those agitators, are you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What?"
• (Norman Fell) "I hate 'em. I won't stand for it."

• (Norman Fell) "I want you outta here."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "What?"
• (Norman Fell) "I want you outta here."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Why?"
• (Norman Fell) "Because I don't like you."

Katharine Ross as Elaine

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William Daniels as Mr. Braddock

• (William Daniels) "What's the matter? The guests are all downstairs, Ben, waiting to see you."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Look, Dad, could you explain to them that I have to be alone for a while?"
• (William Daniels) "These are all our good friends, Ben. Most of them have known you since, well, practically since you were born. What is it, Ben?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I'm just --"
• (William Daniels) "Worried?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well --"
• (William Daniels) "About what?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I guess about my future."
• (William Daniels) "What about it?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I don't know -- I want it to be --"
• (William Daniels) "To be what?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "-- Different."

• (William Daniels) "Elaine's back from school. It might be a nice gesture if you asked her out."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I suppose she's not good enough for you. Is that it?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Look, Elaine Robinson and I do not get along."
• (William Daniels) "How do you know? You haven't seen her since high school. I suppose your evenings; whatever you do with them; are just too valuable."
• (Dustin Hoffman) "That has nothing to do with it."
• (William Daniels) "I guess I'll just have to tell Mr. Robinson that you're too busy every evening, doing God knows what."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "Now, don't go on like this."
• (William Daniels) "I'm not."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "If Benjamin absolutely refuses to take her out --"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "I do."
• (Elizabeth Wilson) "Then I will simply have to invite all of the Robinsons over on Thursday."

• (William Daniels) "Ben, what are you doing?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool."
• (William Daniels) "Why?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here."
• (William Daniels) "Have you thought about graduate school?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "No."
• (William Daniels) "Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "You got me."

Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Braddock

• (Elizabeth Wilson) "What makes you think she wants to marry you?"
• (Dustin Hoffman) "Oh, she doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me."

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