Memorable Quotes from Robert Benchley
5 quotesMissed Opportunities and Delayed Reactions
Mrs. Benchley
So while you were shilly-shallying, they made the picture. I never knew it to fail. In all the years that I've known you, you've always been too late. Really, Robert, I can't understand why you're forever letting these opportunities slip through your fingers. Anyone would've thought of it in time, months ago. But you... Well, why don't you say something?
[sighs]
Robert Benchley
Aw, phooey! Phooey!
[as Donald Duck; quacking furiously]
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A Question of Train Wrecking Preferences
Doris
How did you like it?
Robert Benchley
Oh, fine, fine. Only after all, wouldn't it be a lot easier just to wreck a real train?
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Demonstrating Movement in Animation
Robert Benchley
Yeah, but he still doesn't move.
Donald Duck
Just a minute, big boy. Give me time, give me time!
Donald Duck
Look, I'll show ya. I'll show ya. Now look. First my foot is up here, see?
Robert Benchley
Uh-huh.
Donald Duck
Then, it's down here, understand?
Robert Benchley
Now I get it.
Donald Duck
Like this...
Robert Benchley
Yeah.
Donald Duck
And this...
Robert Benchley
I see.
Donald Duck
And that. See?
Robert Benchley
Sure.
Donald Duck
When I do it faster, I'm walking. Get it?
Robert Benchley
Yeah, certainly.
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A Journey Under the Stars
Mrs. Benchley
So they set off up the hill, arm in arm, the knight, the dragon, and the boy. The lights in the little village began to go out one by one." "But there were stars and a late moon as they climbed the downs together." Robert, please.
[first line of the film; reading; is interrupted by a toy rifle going off; toy rifle again]
Robert Benchley
Go on, I can hear in any position.
[shoots a dart at a duck decoy in the pool]
Mrs. Benchley
And as they turned the last corner and disappeared from view, snatches of an old song were borne back on the night breeze. I can't be certain which of them was singing, but I think it was the dragon.
[continues reading]
Robert Benchley
Go on, I'm listening.
Mrs. Benchley
That was the end, and a very lovely end, too.
Robert Benchley
Yeah, charming, charming. It's funny. No matter which way I aim, I always hit the same duck.
Mrs. Benchley
Robert, I have a wonderful idea. We'll sell this book to ].
[[Walt Disney]
Robert Benchley
Well, you can't. It belongs to your nephew. So does this, too. I wonder what he'd take for it.
[looks at rifle]
Mrs. Benchley
I mean the idea, for a movie. I'm sure if you went to his studio and suggested it to him, he'd jump at it.
Robert Benchley
Me suggest a story to Walt Disney? Why, I hardly know him.
Mrs. Benchley
Well, you hardly knew me when you suggested marriage.
Robert Benchley
Yeah, look at the trouble I got into. He can't listen to every crackpot with a wild idea.
Mrs. Benchley
You might be the exception. All you would have to do would be to go to his studio and show him the book.
Robert Benchley
I wouldn't dream of it!
Mrs. Benchley
They're always open to new ideas. Get your things on, and stop shilly-shallying.
Robert Benchley
I am not shillying and I am not shallying. But once and for all, I will not go to the studio. I will not make myself look ridiculous. And that's final.
[stands up on raft; falls through and bubbles come out of his mouth]
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Discussion on Background and Reindeer Placement
Doris
] in front of her] Like it?
[holding up a cel of [[Bambi]
Robert Benchley
I'd be all right if you could get that reindeer out of the way.
Doris
I'll see if I can scare up the background that goes with it.
Robert Benchley
Nothing wrong with the one I just saw.
Doris
Thanks. This is his background. He fits right on top of it, like this. There.
Robert Benchley
And very cunning, too. I'd like to take him home with me. What do you know? He took me seriously.
[Bambi suddenly comes to life, hides behind a rock in the background, and peaks his head]
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