If I can't have a stage career, I'll just shrivel up and die.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Future Is Yours (Family Theater) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:05:56.580 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- And it wouldn't be long before I could pay everything back with interest.
- Come down to earth, Loretta. You know we've got the mortgage on this house to meet.
- But I've got to have my chance, Mother.
- You don't know what it means to be born with an urge like I've got. It's just fiendish.
- If I can't have a stage career, I'll just shrivel up and die.
- Well, your father will shrivel up and die if dinner isn't ready when he gets home.
- Oh, what's the use? Nobody understands.
- Of course I understand, Loretta, but what can I do?
- Mrs. Ritter! Mrs. Ritter, hurry! Hurry!
[...]