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Quotes from An American in Paris (1951)

19 quotes
Gene Kelly
Jerry Mulligan: Civilization has a natural resistance to improving itself.
- Gene Kelly (as Jerry Mulligan) in An American in Paris (1951)

Nina Foch
Jerry Mulligan: Hey, uh, how'd you come by all these worldly possessions? A rich husband or a rich father?
Milo Roberts: Father.
- Nina Foch (as Milo Roberts) in An American in Paris (1951)

Gene Kelly
Jerry Mulligan: She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture... They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.
- Gene Kelly (as Jerry Mulligan) in An American in Paris (1951)

Gene Kelly
Jerry Mulligan: What gets me is, I don't know anything about her. We manage to be together for a few moments and then off she goes. Sometimes we have a wonderful time together and other times it's no fun at all. But I got to be with her.
- Gene Kelly (as Jerry Mulligan) in An American in Paris (1951)

Nina Foch
Jerry Mulligan: Where is everyone?
Milo Roberts: Here.
Jerry Mulligan: Downstairs?
Milo Roberts: No, here in this room.
Jerry Mulligan: What about that extra girl?
Milo Roberts: That's me.
- Nina Foch (as Milo Roberts) in An American in Paris (1951)

Gene Kelly
Lise Bouvier: Maybe Paris has a way of making people forget.
Jerry Mulligan: Paris? No. Not this city. It's too real and too beautiful to ever let you forget anything.
- Gene Kelly (as Jerry Mulligan) in An American in Paris (1951)

Oscar Levant
Adam Cook: [Jerry, Henri Baurel and Adam are at the café, talking. Adam desperately tries to prevent the other two men from revealing to each other they love the same woman by distracting them] Did I ever tell you about the time I gave a command performance for Hitler?
- Oscar Levant (as Adam Cook) in An American in Paris (1951)

Oscar Levant
Adam Cook: It's not a pretty face, I grant you, but underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
- Oscar Levant (as Adam Cook) in An American in Paris (1951)

Oscar Levant
Henri Baurel: Be happy! You only find the right woman once.
Adam Cook: That many times?
- Oscar Levant (as Adam Cook) in An American in Paris (1951)

Oscar Levant
Henri Baurel: Then you have no problems!
Adam Cook: Where'd they go?
- Oscar Levant (as Adam Cook) in An American in Paris (1951)