Champion (1949)
Ruth Roman: Emma Bryce
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Quotes
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Emma : [to Connie at the restaurant] I wanted to get away from dirty dishes and glasses, but here I am.
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Connie : Why haven't you divorced him?
Emma : I don't know. You know there's more loneliness than anything else in the world. You could be lonely in an awful lot of places - movies, dance halls, in your own room. People are funny.
[she looks at her wedding ring]
Emma : One little piece of cheap gold can almost make you believe things are different than they really are. What do you want, Connie? Does Midge want a divorce? He can have it!
[she cries and leaves]
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Emma : It's funny.
Midge : What?
Emma : You know, I didn't like you at first. Well, you know, you never smile. I mean really smile. Not just on the outside.
Midge : Got to be happy to smile that way.
Emma : Aren't you happy?
Midge : Well, right now I am.
Emma : Then why don't you smile?
Emma : [he laughs] Midge, why aren't you happy?
Midge : Happy? It's hard to be happy when you're poor. I've been poor all my life. Real poor. You know what it is to be real poor? Cold poor? Hungry poor?