“Do you ever go fishing? Well, do you like prizefi--have you ever...” – Norman Maine, A Star is Born ... Movie Quotes Database

Norman Maine

Do you ever go fishing?

Norman Maine

[Esther looks confused]

Well, do you like prizefi--have you ever watched a great fighter?

Esther Blodgett

I-I uh--

Norman Maine

I'm trying to tell you how you sing.

Esther Blodgett

Do you mean like a prizefighter or a fish?

Norman Maine

Look...em--

Norman Maine

[leads her into a kitchen]

There are certain pleasures that you get--

Norman Maine

[realizes that the sound of clanging dishes is intolerable and they depart for the outside]

There are certain pleasures you get, little-little jabs of pleasure when a swordfish take a hook, or-or when you see a great fighter get in right for the kill, see?

Norman Maine

[Esther still looks confused]

You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?

Esther Blodgett

No, not yet. Why don't you try bullfights?

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