home
There is no place like home with Pelschi, Kotti and Nesterkel. It is quite excellent – sitting on the sofa with them listening to schmaltzy love songs and wallow in grief.
treasure
I keep an Edelweiss between the pages of a special book.
fame
C O N S T A N C E:
Tell me, how much longer are you going to go on making films?
I V O R – N O V E L L O:
I suppose that rather depends on how much longer the public want to see me in them.
C O N S T A N C E:
It must be hard to know when it’s time to throw in the towel… What a pity about that last one of yours… what was it called? “The Dodger”?
I V O R – N O V E L L O:
The Lodger.
C O N S T A N C E:
The Lodger. It must be so disappointing when something just *flops* like that.
(Dialogue between Constance, Countess of Trentham, and one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century Ivor Novello in Gosford Park, UK/USA/D 2001)
engine
reverie
wisdom
keep it simple
heroes
Orlando
time journey
I always wanted to
sacrifice
time, money, love – sometimes
vice
awfully long repertoire
cats/dogs
I once had a dog and I still carry a photo of him in my purse.