The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Ana-Sofia Mastroianna: Jacques Carcanogues

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• Jacques Carcanogues : [to Ed, after Birdy's audition]  I think, one day, she'll make a very good typist. Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. Voila!

• Jacques Carcanogues : The girl? She seems like a very nice girl. She plays, monsieur, like a very nice girl. Stinks. Very nice girl. However, stinks.

  Ed Crane : I don't understand.

  Jacques Carcanogues : It is not so hard to understand. Her playing, very polite.

  Ed Crane : Did she make mistakes?

  Jacques Carcanogues : Mistake, no, it says E-flat, she plays E-flat. Ping-ping. Hit the right note, always. Very proper.

  Ed Crane : I don't understand, no mistakes? She's just a kid. I thought you taught the, uh, the...

  Jacques Carcanogues : Ah, but that is just what I cannot teach. I cannot teach her to have the *soul*. Look, monsieur, playing the piano, is not about the fingers. Done with the fingers, yes. But the music, she is inside. Inside, monsieur. The music starts here, then comes out through here, then maybe, she can go up there.