Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)

Fritz Feld: Mr. Nitvitch - the Temperamental Director

Quotes 

• Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : No woman ever walked out on me yet! Do you think I've been directing pictures, hit pictures, all over Europe to come to Hollywood, to be made a monkey of? Tell me! Am I a Nitvitch? Or, am I not a Nitvitch?

  Argumentative Dancer : You are a Nitvitch!

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : That's all I wanted to know!

  Argumentative Dancer : Phooey!

• Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : Hey, she' not only a great dancer, but, she can act the pants off of anything on this lot.

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : She's got her pants off?

  Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : That's right. Wanna take a gander at her?

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : No. Just have a look at her!

• Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : Don't worry about it. I'll get you a new prima ballerina. Just like that.

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : Don't worry about it. You'll get me a prima ballerina, just like that.

  Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : Sure.

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : Prima ballerina? Do you know that prima ballerina's do not grow on bushes. Ah, I have it. Quiet! I got an idea. Let's go to lunch.

  Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : Lunch everybody. Lunch.

• Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : [Final lines]  Wonderful! I give you the Academy Reward!

  Sally Carter : Oh, thank you Mr. Nitvitz.

• Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : You'll go for this one, chief. She's a pip! And she's got what it takes.

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : She's got what? The pip?

  Sammy Kane, the Director's Assistant : No. No. She's a wiz!

  Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : Aw, she's a wiz.

• Mr. Nitvitch, The Temperamental Director : Oh, I've seen you in many, many pictures before. Your face is very unfamiliar.