A scene from Some Like It Hot 1959
Osgood

I called Mama. She was so happy she cried! She wants you to have her wedding gown. It's white lace.

Daphne

Yeah, Osgood. I can't get married in your mother's dress. Ha ha. That-she and I, we are not built the same way.

Osgood

We can have it altered.

Daphne

Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.

Osgood

Why not?

Daphne

Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.

Osgood

Doesn't matter.

Daphne

I smoke! I smoke all the time!

Osgood

I don't care.

Daphne

Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.

Osgood

I forgive you.

Daphne

[Tragically]

I can never have children!

Osgood

We can adopt some.

Daphne/Jerry

But you don't understand, Osgood! [Whips off his wig, exasperated, and changes to a manly voice] Uhhh, I'm a man!

Osgood

[Looks at him then turns back, unperturbed]

Well, nobody's perfect!
Note: the bolded line is ranked #48 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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Osgood Joe E. Brown

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