“This is my house, not a theater. In my house, you're a guest, not a...” – Margo Channing, All About Eve ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from All About Eve 1950

Margo Channing Bette Davis

[to Bill]

This is my house, not a theater. In my house, you're a guest, not a director.

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