Quotes from Charly (1968)
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Charly Gordon:
[Charly picks up a book and reads from it] "My name is Dick. I live in a house. I have a sister named Jane and a dog named Spot."
Charly Gordon: [He throws the book away] My name is Charly Gordon and I live in a room, and I got no sister and no dog, and I am stupid!
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Cliff Robertson
(as Charly Gordon)
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Charly
(1968)
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Charly Gordon:
Any more questions? In the back, any more questions about things as they are and what they're becoming? No? I have a question.
[turns to Nemur and Strauss] Charly Gordon: Professor Nemur. Charly Gordon. [Nemur does not answer] Charly Gordon: Come on, professor, you know. Charly Gordon. [Nemur still does not answer] Charly Gordon: You know, but you haven't told me. [turns to the audience] Charly Gordon: Anybody out there answer the question 'Charly Gordon'? [no answer comes from the audience] Charly Gordon: Anyone in the back answer the question 'Charly Gordon'? [still no answer] Charly Gordon: No? Well, I'm disappointed in you, doctors. You're not very smart. You're not even as smart as a mouse. Because he knows. Algernon showed me. The answer to the question, 'Charly Gordon' is: Charly Gordon is a fellow who will very shortly be what he used to be. [the whole room is silent as Charly turns to Nemur and Strauss, puts his hand in his pocket and takes out Algernon who is now dead] Charly Gordon: Professor Nemur, why didn't you tell me the success of the operation was only temporary? [Nemur and Strauss looked at each other in bewildered looks]
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Cliff Robertson
(as Charly Gordon)
in
Charly
(1968)
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Charly Gordon:
Are there any questions? Did you enjoy the film?
Convention speaker #1: Mr. Gordon... how do you feel at the present moment, about your development? Charly Gordon: Grateful, sir. Convention speaker #1: You are happy about it? Charly Gordon: Yes. Convention speaker #2: Why? Charly Gordon: Because it has allowed me to... see. Convention speaker #3: To see what? Charly Gordon: The world. Convention speaker #4: And what do you see in that world? Charly Gordon: Well... my eyes are new, doctor, I... Convention speaker #4: And what do they *see*, Mr. Gordon? Charly Gordon: Things as they are. Convention speaker #4: And? Charly Gordon: And what they are becoming. Convention speaker #5: Can you give me an example Mr. Gordon? Charly Gordon: [quickly] No sir, you give me one. Convention speaker #5: Very well... Charly Gordon: Very well.
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Cliff Robertson
(as Charly Gordon)
in
Charly
(1968)
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Charly Gordon:
I was wondering why the people who would never dream of laughing at a blind or a crippled man would laugh at a moron?
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Cliff Robertson
(as Charly Gordon)
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Charly
(1968)
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Charly Gordon:
Marry me, pretty girl, marry me.
Alice Kinnian: We will marry at... quarter past Wednesday on the 74th of November, and our anniversary will happily be... on those days where we both remember.
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Claire Bloom
(as Alice Kinian)
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Charly
(1968)
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Claire Bloom
(as Alice Kinian)
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Charly
(1968)
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Charly Gordon:
That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.
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Cliff Robertson
(as Charly Gordon)
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Charly
(1968)
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Claire Bloom
(as Alice Kinian)
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Charly
(1968)
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Alice Kinnian:
[writes a sentence on the blackboard for Charly to punctuate] Punctuate it. Go ahead, punctuate it.
[Charly does, and does it correctly] Alice Kinnian: That's very good! Charly Gordon: Now I have something for you to punctuate! [Turns over blackboard where he has written a sentence] Alice Kinnian: That does not make sense! Charly Gordon: [Starts to punctuate it] 'That that is [adds a comma] Charly Gordon: , is [adds a period] Charly Gordon: . That that is not [adds a comma] Charly Gordon: , is not [adds a period] Charly Gordon: .' Alice Kinnian: [Figures it out] 'Is that it?' Charly Gordon: 'It is!' Alice Kinnian: So. Student surpasses the teacher! [Charly nods eagerly]
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Claire Bloom
(as Alice Kinian)
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Charly
(1968)
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Alice Kinnian:
They say, Charly, that true love is letting go.
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Claire Bloom
(as Alice Kinian)
in
Charly
(1968)
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