Daily Dialogue — December 1, 2010

“Well — nobody’s perfect.”

 — Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown), Some Like It Hot (1959), screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan

The Daily Dialogue theme this week is five words or less — maximum impact, minimum words — suggested by CWillGoWrite. Some Like It Hot suggested by Annika W.

Trivia: The now-famous closing line, “Nobody’s perfect,” was actually never intended to make the final film. It was apparently to be replaced by the writers once they thought of something they liked better. Furthermore, both I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder credit the other for the genesis of the line.