Chaplin (1992)

Penelope Ann Miller: Edna Purviance

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• Charlie Chaplin : [noticing a pretty girl at the opposite side of a restaurant aisle]  Excuse me Miss, do you always eat alone?

  Edna Purviance : Only when I'm trying to make a new acquaintance. Actually I'm waiting for my girlfriend.

  Charlie Chaplin : Actually I'm a motion picture director, and I'm forming a new company with Bronco Billy over there.

  Edna Purviance : And you're looking for a new leading lady. Lucky me.

  Charlie Chaplin : Obviously you are an actress, Miss...

  Edna Purviance : Purviance. Sorry, just a secretary.

  Charlie Chaplin : Don't be sorry. I'm auditioning for actresses who aren't actresses.

  Edna Purviance : Well, if you're on the lookout for untalented actresses who aren't actresses, then you couldn't do better than me.

  [correcting] 

  Edna Purviance : Worse than me.

  Charlie Chaplin : [getting up after being called over by Sydney]  Don't you want to know who I am?

  Edna Purviance : I've no interest whatsoever in who you are

  [pauses, Chaplin starts moving away] 

  Edna Purviance : Mr. Chaplin.