Mildred Pierce (1945)

Bruce Bennett: Bert Pierce

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• Bert Pierce : She plays the piano like I shoot pool.

• Bert Pierce : This'll only take a minute. It's, it's funny. It's harder to say than I thought. It's about the divorce, Mildred. You can have it. When I walked out on you that time, I told you to see if you could get along without me. I didn't think you could. When you asked me for a divorce, I still didn't think you could make a go of it alone. Now I know better. You're doing alright, Mildred. You're doing fine.

  Mildred Pierce : I never thought it would end like this.

  Bert Pierce : Who knows how anything is going to end? I'm sorry.

  Mildred Pierce : Yes, I'm sorry too.

  Bert Pierce : Well, that's that. That's what I came to say and now that I've said it, I just want you to know that I wish you all the luck in the world.

  Mildred Pierce : Thank you, Burt. Thank you.

• Bert Pierce : Maggie means nothing to me. You know that.

  Mildred Pierce : I wish I could believe it. You better run down there and apologize, or she won't play gin rummy with you anymore. It is gin rummy, isn't it?

  Bert Pierce : Now look, Mildred. Don't go too far or one of these days I'll call your bluff.

  Mildred Pierce : Oh, no, you're not calling me, I'm calling you. You might as well get this straight once and for all. Those kids come first in this house, before either one of us. Maybe that's right, maybe it's wrong. But that's the way it is. I'm determined to do the best I can for them. If I can't do it with you, I'll do it without you.