De-Lovely (2004)

Sandra Nelson: Sara Murphy

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• Sara Murphy : Cole, I know this is your song but it doesn't sound like you.

  Cole Porter : Linda thinks it does.

  Sara Murphy : You should put it in the new show you're working on.

  [Cole shakes his head] 

  Sara Murphy : Why not?

  Cole Porter : Because it doesn't sound like me.

• Linda Porter : Which one's Cole Porter?

  Sara Murphy : You see the one standing up, being so serious about being playful? That's my husband Gerald. The one playing and not being serious at all? That's Cole Porter.

• Gerald Murphy : So, Cole... When are we gonna get another lyric from you? Huh?

  Cole Porter : I haven't the wit nor the will to write any more.

  Sara Murphy : Cole, you could write from everything you remember. You've had the most fascinating life.

  Cole Porter : Sara, Sara... Memories... it's like the phantom pains I get in my missing leg. They are not real and they hurt too much. I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop.

  Sara Murphy : Please, don't.

  Cole Porter : Oh, my God...