“California Suite” quotes
(1978)Plot – The Oscar night is coming and five couples arrive at the famous hotel "Beverly Hills" of Los Angeles. Bill is visited by his former wife Hannah because their restless daughter Jenny has abandoned her to stay with him. Hannah wants to devour Bill but once she understands Jenny's reasons, she decides to let the girl stay with her father. Diana, as an actress, is in the Oscar nominations' list. Marvin is there only to attend his granddaughter's First Communion, while his brother Harry, thinking Marvin is a womanizer, sends in his room a girl that triggers a fight between Marvin and his wife Mollie, who takes advantage to get a new wardrobe. Two black doctors and their wives arrive there on a vacation that will be disastrous.
All actors – Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Herb Edelman, Denise Galik, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Gloria Gifford, Sheila Frazier
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“I found the people at the Oscars singularly unattractive, didn't you? I noticed a general decline in facelifts and hair transplants. Must be the economy, don't you think?”
“- Page: Billy boy! How's the new script coming?
- Bill Warren: I found all the words in the dictionary. I just have to put them together.”“- Diana Barrie: Oh, God, how I envy you. You're the one with all the talent. I'm the one who has to make a horse's ass of myself.
- Sidney Cochran: Talent? What talent do I have?
- Diana Barrie: You have nothing but talent. You cook better than I do. You write better than I do. God knows you dress better than I do.
- Sidney Cochran: Better than...” (continue)(continue reading)
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