Sally: [Crying hysterically] And I’m going to be forty! Harry: When? Sally: Someday! Harry: In eight years! Sally: But it’s there! It’s like a big dead end! And it’s not the same for men — Charlie Chaplin had kids in his 70’s! Harry: Yeah, but he was too old to…
Desk Set (1957) written by Nora and Delia’s mom and dad, Phoebe and Henry Ephron
Ruthie Saylor: [Talking about Richard Sumner as he tape measures the office] Do you think we’re being redecorated? Sylvia Blair: Does he look like an interior decorator to you? Peg Costello: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!