Quotes from George Axelrod

The Seven Year Itch

Richard: You really like it, don't you. Gabrielle: What? Richard: Life. Gabrielle: Oh! Every morning when I wake up and I see there's a whole new other day, I just go absolutely ape!

In your defence, it's been a long day and you've had a lot to drink.

Gabrielle: When I was a little girl, on Sunday mornings, if I'd been good, I was allowed to feed the giraffes. Richard: Giraffes! Don't tell me that you had giraffes too? Gabrielle: You mean you... Richard: But of course we did Gabrielle: Oh what fun. Both of us having had giraffes as children.

I don't see how My Fair Lady and Frankenstein are the same. Oh, wait a minute. Yes I do.

You know those days when you get the mean reds? -The mean reds? You mean like the blues? -No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

What would you like to drink? You do drink, don't you? -Oh, sure! I drink like a fish!

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.