A scene from Stage Door 1937
Terry

You sound very superior. What have you ever done in the theatre?

Eve

Everything but burst out of a pie at a Rotarian banquet.

Terry

You all talk as though the world owed you a living. Maybe if you tried to do something for the theatre, the theatre would do something for you.

Judy

Oh, what theatre!

Another girl

Is there a theatre?

Eve

I don't know. Has anybody looked up the side streets lately?

Terry

It doesn't seem to me that any of you take your work very seriously.

Judy

Well, now that you're here, we're all giving up.

Terry

At least I'm gonna have a try at it. If I can act, I want the world to know it. If I can't, I want to know it.

Eve

Even your best friends won't tell you.

Terry

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your minds stretched a little further than the next wisecrack.

Eve

You know I tried that once, but it didn't snap back into place.

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