Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed, but it helps me see better.
— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)
7 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:29:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I'll tell you what, you go on a layoff. Six months, a year even.
- Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed, but it helps me see better.
- I see a raw youth filled with that special vitality of talent.
- I says, if memory serves: you're going to be one of the biggest stars in this business.
- Sure as there are little green apples, you're going to run into many, many problems.
- You came to see me more than once. True?
[...]
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Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.
Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss), Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)
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