:48:02
It's just that I don't like to
pick on anybody who isn't my size.
:48:15
How did you get mixed up with
a character like that, anyway?
:48:18
Should've seen the one I had before.
He was not only mean...
:48:21
...he used to run around with
other women, and on my money.
:48:28
Why do you have to have anybody at all?
:48:31
Everybody needs somebody.
:48:33
Like Coquette needs me.
Who wants to be a stray dog?
:48:37
You've got to belong to someone,
even if he kicks you once in a while.
:48:42
- Don't you have any family?
- No.
:48:45
My mother was a very successful woman.
:48:47
She used to have the same spot
outside the hotel that I do.
:48:50
Then one day she met a guy,
fell in love with him and quit.
:48:55
- That's very romantic.
- Romantic? It's stupid.
:48:58
Gave up her career - for what?
Some slob from the market...
:49:01
...dragged around heavy sides
of beef till he dropped dead.
:49:04
It was too late for Momma
to make a comeback.
:49:07
She wound up as a cashier
in the fish market.
:49:11
Only smart thing she ever did
was not marry my father.
:49:14
You mean you're not le... legitimate?
:49:18
That's right.
:49:19
You'd think with a background like that
I'd have turned out no good.
:49:24
I know you're doing very well, but a girl
like you - there's other kinds of jobs.
:49:29
This isn't just a job, it's a profession.
:49:32
Of course.
:49:34
Somebody has to do these things but,
in your case, now that I know you better...
:49:38
I get that all the time.
The other night I met a man...
:49:41
...who thought I was too good for this,
and you know what he does?
:49:44
- He's a mortician. Now I ask you.
- Ask me what?
:49:48
Why is it nine out of ten try to reform me?
:49:51
You're not one of those, are you?
:49:54
Who, me? Oh, no.
:49:56
I used to be one of those.
:49:59
Petit bourgeois, but that was yesterday.
I know better now.