- You mean having money is like knowing how to play the piano?
- Well, they're both very pleasant accomplishments for a girl.
— Johnny Case (Cary Grant)
5 seconds sound clip from the Holiday (1938) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:10:07.434 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, we aren't exactly poor.
- Julia, you should have told me, you really should.
- Would it have made any difference?
- Certainly. I'd have asked you to marry me in two days instead of ten.
- It? Money? Why, is it so sacred?
- I'm simply delighted, that's all.
- If I suddenly discovered you could play piano, I'd be delighted, wouldn't I?
- You mean having money is like knowing how to play the piano?
- Well, they're both very pleasant accomplishments for a girl.
- Oh, but, darling, you're going to make millions yourself.
- Oh, but, darling, no, I'm not.
- Oh, yes.
- No, not Mr. Case's little boy.
- I'm a plain man of the people. I began life with these two bare hands.
- So did the gentleman over the fireplace. Take heart from Grandfather.
- Don't tell me you're one of those Setons?
- Yes, Johnny. Forgive us, but we are.
[...]
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Actors: Katharine Hepburn (Linda Seton), Cary Grant (Johnny Case), Doris Nolan (Julia Seton), Lew Ayres (Ned), Henry Kolker (Edward Seton), Edward Everett Horton (Professor Nick Potter), Jean Dixon (Susan Potter)
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