Movie Quote of the Day – Noises Off. . ., 1992 (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Frederick: Alright, I see all that.
Lloyd: Oh no.
Frederick: I just don’t know why I take them.
Lloyd: Freddy love, why does anyone do anything? Why does that other idiot go out of the front door holding two plates of sardines? I mean, I-I’m not getting at you, love.
Gary: Course not, Lloyd. I mean, why do I? I mean, Jesus, when you come to think about it, why *do* I?
Lloyd: Who knows?
Gary: Who knows. You see, Freddy?
Lloyd: The wellsprings of human action are deep and cloudy. Maybe something happened to you when you were a very, very, very small child that made you frightened to let go of groceries.
Belinda: Or it could be genetic.
Gary: Yes, or it could be. . .you know.
Lloyd: Could, could well be.
Frederick: Of course, thank you. I understand all that, but. . .
Lloyd: Freddy love, I’m telling you I don’t know. I. . .I don’t think the *author* knows. I don’t know why the author came into this industry in the first place. I don’t know why any of us came into it.
Frederick: All the same, if you could just give me a reason I could keep in my mind.
Lloyd: Alright, I’ll give you a reason then. You carry those groceries into the study, Freddy honey, because it’s just slightly after midnight, and we’re not going to be finished before we open tomorrow night – Correction: before we open TONIGHT!
Posted on July 30, 2012, in Movie Quote of the Day and tagged 1992, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Mailu Henner, Marty Kaplan, Michael Caine, Michael Frayn, Noises Off. . ., Peter Bogdanovich. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.

















I LOVE this movie! I was just talking to my husband about it…rarely I meet someone who knows it at all! Yay 🙂
Have you seen the movie Deathtrap, also with Christopher Reeve? I think you’d like it.
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