Daily Dialogue — July 7, 2018

Linus Larrabee: [slow dancing with Sabrina] How do you say in French my sister has a yellow pencil?
Sabrina Fairchild: Ma soeur a un crayon jaune.
Linus Larrabee: How do you say my brother has a lovely girl?
Sabrina Fairchild: Mon frère a une gentille petite amie.
Linus Larrabee: And how do you say I wish I were my brother?

— Sabrina (1954), written for the screen by Billy Wilder & Samuel A. Taylor & Ernest Lehman, based on a play by Samuel A. Taylor

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Billy Wilder.

Trivia: During production Billy Wilder was continuously working on the script. One day he asked Audrey Hepburn to feign illness so he would have enough time to finish the scene to be shot.

Dialogue On Dialogue: What a great way to suggest he’s falling in love? A wonderful bit of romantic business in that dialogue.