Vertigo (film) Quotes

Vertigo (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Vertigo completed its run in 1970.

It features Alfred Hitchcock as producer, Bernard Herrmann in charge of musical score, and Robert Burks as head of cinematography.

Vertigo (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Vertigo (film) is 128 minutes long. Vertigo (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Kim Novak as Madeleine, James Stewart as Scottie, Kim Novak as Judy, Tom Helmore as Gavin Elster, and Barbara Bel Geddes as Midge.

Vertigo (film) Quotes

Kim Novak as Madeleine

• (Kim Novak) "There is something I must do, there is something I must do."
• (James Stewart) "There is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do."

• (Kim Novak) "Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere."

• (Kim Novak) "If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?"
• (James Stewart) "Yes. Yes."
• (Kim Novak) "All right. All right then, I'll do it. I don't care anymore about me."

• (Kim Novak) "Oh Scottie. I'm not mad. I'm not mad. I don't want to die. There's someone within me and she says I must die. Oh Scottie, don't let me go."
• (James Stewart) "I'm here. I've got you."
• (Kim Novak) "I'm so afraid."
• (Kim Novak) "Don't leave me. Stay with me."
• (James Stewart) "All the time."

• (Kim Novak) "Couldn't you like me, just me the way I am? When we first started out, it was so good; w-we had fun. And -- and then you started in on the clothes. Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to, if, if you'll just, just like me."
• (James Stewart) "The color of your hair --"
• (Kim Novak) "Oh, no."
• (James Stewart) "Judy, please, it can't matter to you."

James Stewart as Scottie

• (James Stewart) "No, no. I have to tell you about Madeleine now. Right there."
• (James Stewart) "We stood there and I kissed her for the last time, and she said, 'If you lose me you'll know that I loved you and wanted to keep on loving you.' And I said, 'I won't lose you.' But I did."
• (James Stewart) "And then she turned and ran into the church. I tried to follow, but it was too late."

• (James Stewart) "Anyone could become obsessed with the past with a background like that."

• (James Stewart) "I love you, Madeleine."
• (Kim Novak) "I love you, too. It's too late."
• (James Stewart) "No, no, we're together."
• (Kim Novak) "It's too late. There's something I must do --"
• (James Stewart) "No, there is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do. No one possesses you. You're safe with me."
• (Kim Novak) "No, it's too late"
• (Kim Novak) "Look, it's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It shouldn't have happened --"
• (James Stewart) "But it had to happen. We're in love. That's all that counts."
• (Kim Novak) "Look. Let me go. Please let me go."
• (James Stewart) "Listen to me. Listen to me."
• (Kim Novak) "You believe I love you?"
• (James Stewart) "Yes."
• (Kim Novak) "And if you lose me, then you'll know I, I loved you. And I wanted to go on loving you."
• (James Stewart) "I won't lose you."
• (Kim Novak) "Let me go into the church; alone."
• (James Stewart) "Why?"

• (James Stewart) "You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental."

• (James Stewart) "And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you? You were a very apt pupil. Well, why did you pick on me? Why me?"

• (James Stewart) "I hope we will, too."
• (Kim Novak) "What?"
• (James Stewart) "Meet again sometime."
• (Kim Novak) "We have."

• (James Stewart) "One final thing I have to do -- and then I'll be free of the past."

• (James Stewart) "What's this doohickey?"
• (Barbara Bel Geddes) "It's a brassiere. You know about those things, you're a big boy now."
• (James Stewart) "I've never run across one like that."
• (Barbara Bel Geddes) "It's brand new. Revolutionary up-lift: No shoulder straps, no back straps, but it does everything a brassiere should do. Works on the principle of the cantilevered bridge."
• (James Stewart) "It does?"
• (Barbara Bel Geddes) "An aircraft engineer down the peninsula designed it; he worked it out in his spare time."
• (James Stewart) "Kind of a hobby, a do-it-yourself kind of thing."

Barbara Bel Geddes as Midge

• (Barbara Bel Geddes) "You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all."

• (Barbara Bel Geddes) "I talked to the woman in musical therapy, and she said that Mozart's the boy for you."

Tom Helmore as Gavin Elster

• (Tom Helmore) "She'll be talking to me about something. Suddenly the words fade into silence. A cloud comes into her eyes and they go blank. She's somewhere else, away from me, someone I don't know. I call her, she doesn't even hear me. Then, with a long sigh, she's back. Looks at me brightly, doesn't even know she's been away, can't tell me where or when."
• (James Stewart) "How often does this happen?"
• (Tom Helmore) "More and more in the past few weeks. And she wanders; God knows where she wanders. I followed her one day, watched her coming out of the apartment, someone I didn't know. She even walked a different way. Got into her car and drove off to Golden Gate Park. Five miles. Sat by the lake, staring across the water at the pillars that stand on the far shore. You know, Portals of the Past. Sat there a long time without moving. I had to leave, get back to the office. When I got home that evening, I asked her what she'd done all day. She said she'd driven out to Golden Gate Park and sat by the lake, that's all."
• (James Stewart) "Well."
• (Tom Helmore) "The speedometer on her car showed that she'd driven ninety-four miles. Where did she go? I've got to know, Scottie, where she goes and what she does before I get involved with doctors."

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