- Do I sound that pessimistic?
- You do, but I don't think you are.
- Why?
- To be out on a night like this, you're an optimist.
— Monsieur Henri Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin)
11 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:58:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Why don't you take off your coat? Allow me.
- A kitten. Poor little thing. I picked it up in the doorway.
- Not particularly. But it was all wet and cold.
- I don't suppose you have a little milk you could give it?
- You see, the prospects are not as gloomy as you think.
- Do I sound that pessimistic?
- You do, but I don't think you are.
- Why?
- To be out on a night like this, you're an optimist.
- An optimist? I'm anything but that.
- Your faculties of observation are remarkable.
- Indeed.
- Tell me, how long have you been in this predicament?
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