Is this the elevator?
Joe Bradley This is my ROOM!
Played by Gregory Peck 
Roman Holiday (1953) · 13 quotes
Roman Holiday (1953) · 13 quotes
Most-quoted character in Roman Holiday (1953): in 12 of its 13 quotes
Most scenes with: Princess Ann (10)
Scenes with Joe Bradley
12 scenes Joe Bradley Can I sleep here?
Joe Bradley Well, that's the general idea.
Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?
Joe Bradley I'm afraid you'll have to rough it tonight - in these. [He presents her with his own oversized pajamas]
Pajamas!
Joe Bradley Sorry honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years.
Will you help me get undressed, please?
Joe Bradley [pause]
Uh, OK. [He removes her necktie] There you are, you can handle the rest.
This is very unusual. I've never been alone with a man before - even with my dress on. [She begins unbuttoning and removing her blouse] With my dress off, it's most unusual. I don't seem to mind. Do you?
Joe Bradley [pause]
I think I'll go out for a cup of coffee. You'd better get to sleep. [She flops on his bed] No, no, no. [He leads her toward the couch] On this one.
How terribly nice.
Joe Bradley Hey - these are pajamas. They're to sleep in. You're to climb into them, you understand?...Then you do your sleeping on the couch, see. Not on the bed, not on the chair, on the couch. Is that clear?
Hennessey
[after Joe said he just interviewed the princess]
In view of the fact that our Highness was taken violently ill at three o'clock this morning, put to bed with a high fever, and has ordered all her appointments for the day cancelled in toto...
Joe Bradley That's certainly pretty hard to swallow.
Hennessey
In view of the fact that you just left her, of course.
Joe Bradley How much would a real interview with this dame be worth?
Hennessey
Are you referring to Her Highness?
Joe Bradley I'm not referring to Annie Oakley, Dorothy Lamour, or Madame ... How much?
Hennessey
What do you care? You've got about as much chance...
Joe Bradley I know, but if I did? How much would it be worth?
Hennessey
Oh, just a plain talk on world issues, it would probably be worth two hundred and fifty. Her views on clothes, of course, would be worth a lot more, maybe a thousand...dollars.
Joe Bradley I'm talking about her views on everything!...The private and secret longings of a Princess. Her innermost thoughts as revealed to your own correspondent in a private, personal, exclusive interview. [His boss' mouth drops, awe-struck by the thought] Can't use it, huh? I didn't think you'd like it.
Hennessey
Come here! Love angle too, I suppose.
Joe Bradley Practically all love angle.
Hennessey
With pictures.
Joe Bradley Could be. How much?
Hennessey
That particular story will be worth five grand to any news service....
Joe Bradley ...You said five grand? I want you to shake on that.
Now, I'd better get a taxi and go back.
Joe Bradley Well look, before you do, why don't you take a little time for yourself?
Maybe another hour.
Joe Bradley Live dangerously. Take the whole day.
I could do some of the things I've always wanted to.
Joe Bradley Like what?
Oh, you can't imagine. I-I'd do just whatever I liked all day long.
Joe Bradley Tell you what. Why don't we do all those things, together?
But don't you have to work?
Joe Bradley Work? No. Today's gonna be a holiday.
But you want to do a lot of silly things?
Joe Bradley [He takes her hand]
...First wish? One sidewalk cafe, comin' right up. I know just the place. Rocca's.
I'm a good liar too, aren't I, Mr. Bradley?
Joe Bradley The best I ever met.
We spent the whole day doing things I've always wanted to. Why?
Joe Bradley I don't know. It seemed the thing to do.
I never heard of anybody so kind.
Joe Bradley It wasn't any trouble.
Also, completely unselfish.
At midnight, I'll turn into a pumpkin and drive away in my glass slipper.
Joe Bradley And that will be the end of the fairy tale.
I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you.
Joe Bradley All right.
I don't know how to say goodbye. I can't think of any words.
Joe Bradley Don't try. [They sadly hug and kiss]
Reporter
And what, in the opinion of Your Highness, is the outlook for friendship among nations?
I have every faith in it... as I have faith in relations between people.
Joe Bradley May I say, speaking for my own... press service: we believe Your Highness's faith will not be unjustified.
I am so glad to hear you say it.
Another reporter
Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most?
General Provno
[prompting]
Each, in its own way...
Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to — Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.
