I'm afraid you don't understand, monsieur.

2 seconds sound clip from the Phantom of the Opera (1943) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:09:22.229 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I promise you I'll never miss a curtain call again.

- It's a promise.

- Now, uh... This young man who is more important to you than your career... Who is he?

- But he isn't, monsieur. That is, I'm very fond of him... I mean...

- Oh. Well, he's Inspector Raoul Daubert of the Sûreté.

- Inspector? You mean a policeman?

- But he's not an ordinary policeman.

- Even an extraordinary policeman seems a strange sweetheart for an operatic soprano. Does he sing?

- I'm afraid you don't understand, monsieur.

- He's a graduate of the military academy at Saint-Cyr. And he's very intelligent and very clever.

- For a man who means nothing to you, he seems to have made quite an impression, mademoiselle.

- But I didn't say he meant nothing to me. What I said was...

- I know. I know what you mean.

- You have promise, Mademoiselle DuBois. But you must choose between an operatic career and what is usually called a normal life. Though why it is so-called is beyond me. You can't do justice to both.

[...]

Phantom of the Opera (1943) Sound Clip

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Listen to short quotes from Phantom of the Opera (1943), featuring audio clips of the best lines and SFX.

Actors: Claude Rains (Erique Claudin), Nelson Eddy (Anatole Garron), Susanna Foster (Christine DuBois), Edgar Barrier (Raoul Dubert), Fritz Feld (Lecours)

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