Somewhere in Time Quotes

Elise Have you been waiting all this time for our return?

Robinson This is hardly the time to discuss, McKenna.

Elise Have you?

Robinson Yes. Does that surprise you?

Elise Our relationship is strictly business.

Robinson Strictly business?

Elise I'm involved with you as an actress, Mr. Robinson, not a doormat. Do not attempt to wipe your boots on me. Richard, I shall leave a ticket for you at the theater door.

Richard I owe you an apology. I understand you now. You have nothing but the best motives in mind for her, but so do I. Of course, she'll continue to act, she will continue to grow, and she will become everything you want her to be.

Robinson With you at her side?

Richard Yes, with me at her side.

Robinson Never.

Richard My God. You really think you own her, don't you?

Robinson Collier, I know who you are. Ever since you came here, I've known from the start. You came to destroy her.

Richard God, you're out of your mind.

Richard Collier I have a question for you, sir. Is time travel possible?

William Fawcett Robinson Do you actually believe that I have nurtured her, cared for her, molded, taught, developed her for all these years merely to groom a wife?! A star. Only someone with the limit awareness of your age could possibly conceive that my entire passion for this woman is no more than physical! Are you incapable of understanding that she has it within herself to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest actress of her generation?

Robinson Are you a guest here, sir?

Richard You're Robinson.

Robinson Are you a guest at the hotel?

Richard Yes, yes I am.

Robinson Then I must ask you to stop annoying Miss McKenna any further. If you do not, I shall see that you're put out.

Elise What did you say to him?

Robinson Oh, what I've always said to men of his sort.

Elise McKenna The man of my ] has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? "Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way I can tell you how my life have changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say... I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you." Such would I say to him if he were really here.

Robinson I must admit. He was somewhat more charming than other that we've encountered in the past, you and I. A trifle more sincere, perhaps.

Elise Then he wasn't the one that you spoke of?

Robinson No, he's not.

Elise Then you were wrong about him, weren't you? You're wrong. I love him, and he's going to make me very happy. Do you understand that, William? I love him.

Robinson What difference... can that make now? He's gone.

Elise I'll find him, William. Don't you dare try to stop me. Now, if you will excuse me while I change.

Robinson Of course. May I remind you... that we leave within the hour?

Taglines Beyond fantasy. Beyond obsession. Beyond time itself... he will find her.

Elise McKenna Come back to me.

Laura When I knew her, she was kind and thoughtful. But she was just too much within herself. She seemed empty somehow.

Richard She wasn't always that way, was she?

Laura Oh, no, not at all. People who knew her when she was young said that she was quick and bright and full of fun. Strong, willful, not at all the way she was later.

Richard What made her change?

Laura I don't know. But the change seemed to have taken place about 1912, after she performed in a play at the Grand Hotel.

William Fawcett Robinson Now, tomorrow night's performance. Remember, stay ahead of them. Keep the ], always mystery. Excess within control.

Laura Roberts How is the play? Did you enjoy it? Are you all right?

Arthur Biehl Such a fine man. What a shame. I wonder what happened to him.

Arthur If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know. My name is Arthur and I live in the bungalow behind the hotel.

Richard All right, thanks a lot. See you around, Arthur.

Arthur Have we ever met before?

Richard Have we ever met? No, no, I don't think so.

Arthur No, no, I'm sure we haven't. Have a nice stay here, Mr. Collier.

Elise McKenna Is it you?

Taglines He sacrificed life in the present... to find love in the past.

Richard Collier One of the most revered actresses of the American stage, for many years, she was the theater's greatest box-office draw. Under the guidance of her manager William Fawcett Robinson, Elise McKenna was the first American actress to create a ] in the public's eye. Never seen in public in her later years. Apparently without an offstage life, the absolute quintessence of ].

Taglines Someday in the past, he will find her...

Elise Is it you? Is it?

Richard Yes. Are you all right?

Elise Yes, yes, I'm quite all right.

Richard I'm sorry if I startled you.

Elise No, you didn't startle me.

Richard I think I did.

Robinson I'll take you into dinner now.

Richard May I speak to you please?

Richard This is not for a play, Miss Roberts. This is something very personal.

Laura Where did you get that?

Richard Well, she gave it to me, ma'am. At the opening night of a play that I wrote at Millfield College about eight years ago.

Laura That watch was very precious to her. She never, never left it out of her possession. It disappeared the night she died.

Richard She died that night?

Richard Arthur, you know in the Hall of History, there's a photograph, a young woman. There's no nameplate.

Arthur Yes, that's Elise McKenna. She was a famous actress in her day. Starred in a play in the hotel theater.

Richard I-I'm sorry. Did you say there was a theater here?

Arthur Yes. Down by the lake.

Richard Really? When was this play done?

Arthur 1912.