Lise Bouvier quotes from An American in Paris (1951)

Lise Bouvier

Last night you were a small annoyance but today you are growing into a large nuisance. Now leave me alone and don't call me again ever.

Lise Bouvier

It's a pity you don't have as much charm as you have persistence.

Jerry

What about you? Aren't you sick of The Life and Times of Mulligan?

Lise

I'd rather listen to you. I don't like to talk about myself.

Jerry

Oh, you're going to have to get over that.

Lise

Why?

Jerry

Well, uh, with a binding like you've got, people are going to want to know what's in the book.

Lise

What does that mean?

Jerry

Well, uh, primarily it means you're a very pretty girl.

Lise

I am?

Jerry

Yes, you are.

Lise

How do you know?

Jerry

I, uh, heard it on the radio.

Lise

Making fun of me.

Jerry

Doesn't everybody tell you that?

Lise

I haven't been out with many people. And always friends.

Jerry

Honey, believe me. I'm no enemy...Lise, I don't know whether you're a girl of mystery or just a still water that doesn't run deep, but there's one thing I can tell you. I'd been around sooner, you'd know by now that you're very pretty and I'm not making fun with you.

Lise

Oh Jerry. It's so dreadful standing next to you like this, and not having your arms around me.

Jerry

You'll always be standing next to me Lise.

Lise

Maybe not always. Paris has ways of making people forget.

Jerry

Paris? No, not this city. It's too real and too beautiful. It never lets you forget anything. It reaches in and opens you wide, and you stay that way. I know. I came to Paris to study and to paint because Utrillo did, and Lautrec did, and Roualt did. I loved what they created, and I thought something would happen to me, too. Well, it happened all right. Now what have I got left? Paris. Maybe that's enough for some but it isn't for me anymore because the more beautiful everything is, the more it will hurt without you.

Lise

Jerry. Don't let me leave you this way.