The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Oscar Homolka: Dr. Brubaker
Quotes
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Dr. Brubaker : My 3:00 patient jumped out of the window in the middle of his session. I have been running fifteen minutes ahead of schedule ever since.
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Dr. Brubaker : Until you are able to commit a simple act of terror, I strongly advise you to avoid anything as complex as murder.
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Richard Sherman : Tell me doctor, are you very expensive?
Dr. Brubaker : Very!
Richard Sherman : I'm sure you occasionally make exceptions.
Dr. Brubaker : Never!
Richard Sherman : Well I mean, once in a while, a case must come along that really interests you.
Dr. Brubaker : At fifty dollars an hour, all my cases interest me.
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[Reading the cover of his book]
Dr. Brubaker : "Of Sex and Violence"?
Richard Sherman : Well we had to spice up the title a little.
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Dr. Brubaker : When something itches my dear sir, the natural tendency is to scratch.
Richard Sherman : Last night I scratched.
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Richard Sherman : [Showing Dr. Brubaker a picture of The Girl in the "U.S. Camera" magazine yearbook] Here, Doctor. I brought this with me. I didn't want to leave it lying around the house. That's her. Her hair was a little longer then. It's called "Textures" because you can see the three different textures: The driftwood, the sand and her. It got "honorable mention."
Dr. Brubaker : Splendid. I congratulate you on your good taste. Interesting driftwood formation, too.
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Richard Sherman : Suppose this girl tells somebody about this? Oh, if she tells anybody about this, I'll kill her - I'll kill her with my bare hands!
Dr. Brubaker : A possible solution... I submit, however, that murder is the most difficult of all crimes to commit successfully. Therefore, until you are able to commit a simple act of terror, I strongly advise you to avoid anything as complex as murder. One must learn to walk, before one can run. Thank you, and good bye.
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Richard Sherman : I just made a little boo-boo.
Dr. Brubaker : Psychoanalysis does not recognize the boo-boo as such. Everything you do has it's roots in the unconscious.
Richard Sherman : Believe me, Doctor, I was completely conscious.
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Dr. Brubaker : [Entering the room] Good afternoon, Mr. Sherman. I see you've been working on my little book, 'Man and the Unconscious'.
Richard Sherman : Yessss. It's a wonderful book, doctor. Very important. It has something in it for everyone.
Dr. Brubaker : I think so.
Richard Sherman : Now really, doctor, you'll be happy to know we're giving it a big promotion. The full treatment. Two months from today you'll be seeing this cover in every drugstore in America.
Dr. Brubaker : [Shown artboard of a leggy woman in flimsy red dress backpedalling from a man on the street lunging at her] OF SEX AND VIOLENCE?
Richard Sherman : Well, we had to soup the title a little.
Dr. Brubaker : [Studying the artboard] And what, my I ask, is this supposed to represent?
Richard Sherman : It represents Gustaf Mayerheim, you remember, the mad lover of Leipzig, terrorizing one of his victims. Isn't that just sensational?
Dr. Brubaker : May I remind you, sir, that Gustaf Mayerheim was a very small man with a large red beard?
Richard Sherman : Doctor, you're quibbling, Nobody knows that.
Dr. Brubaker : They know it in Leipzig!