A scene from North by Northwest 1959
Eve

I tipped the steward five dollars to seat you here if you should come in.

Roger

Is that a proposition?

Eve

I never discuss love on an empty stomach.

Roger

You've already eaten!

Eve

But you haven't.
...

Roger

Oh, you're that type.

Eve

What type?

Roger

Honest.

Eve

Not really.

Roger

Good, because honest women frighten me.

Eve

Why?

Roger

I don't know. Somehow they seem to put me at a disadvantage.

Eve

Because you're not honest with them?

Roger

Exactly.
...

Roger

The moment I meet an attractive woman, I have to start pretending I have no desire to make love to her.

Eve

What makes you think you have to conceal it?

Roger

She might find the idea objectionable.

Eve

Then again, she might not.
...

Eve

I'm Eve Kendall. I'm twenty-six and unmarried. Now you know everything.

Roger

Tell me. What do you do besides lure men to their doom on the Twentieth Century Limited?

Eve

I'm an industrial designer.

Roger

Jack Phillips. Western sales manager for Kingby Electronics.

Eve

No, you're not. You're Roger Thornhill of Madison Avenue, and you're wanted for murder on every front page in America, and don't be so modest.

Roger

Whoops!

Eve

Oh, don't worry, I won't say a word.

Roger

How come?

Eve

I told you. It's a nice face.

Roger

Is that the only reason?

Eve

It's going to be a long night.

Roger

True.

Eve

And I don't particularly like the book I've started.

Roger

Ahhh.

Eve

You know what I mean?

Roger

Uh, let me think. [Pause] Yes, I know exactly what you mean...
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Eve

Incidentally, I wouldn't order any dessert if I were you.

Roger

I get the message.

Eve

That isn't exactly what I meant. This train seems to be making an unscheduled stop, and I just saw two men get out of a police car as we pulled into the station. They weren't smiling.

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