Victor/Victoria (1982)

Peter Arne: Labisse

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Quotes 

• Labisse : If you ever come back, I will have you thrown out.

  Toddy : Don't make it sound like such a threat. Being thrown out of a place like this is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony.

• [Victoria's audition has been rejected] 

  Victoria : In spite of what you think, Monsieur Labisse, there are professions where practice *does* make perfect.

  [she hits a high note, causing Labisse's wine glass to shatter, and leaves angrily] 

  Labisse : What in hell was that?

  Toddy : B flat.

• Charles Bovin, Private Investigator : You called. I am Charles Bovin, Private Investigator.

  Labisse : Good. There is something I want you to find out.

  Charles Bovin, Private Investigator : At your service.

  [sits on one of the bar stools] 

  Labisse : Be very careful.

  Charles Bovin, Private Investigator : Monsieur, I am always careful.

  Labisse : That stool is broken.

  Charles Bovin, Private Investigator : [beat]  It is?

  [stool breaks down] 

• Police Inspector : You IDIOT... that's a man!

  Labisse : That's not possible.

  Police Inspector : Oh yeah? Well when I walked in, the person in that room was naked from the waist down, and if that was a woman, then she was wearing the greatest disguise that I have ever seen.

• Labisse : Take my advice and stick to Carmen

  Victoria : I am a coloratura, Mr. Labisse, not a mezzo.

• Victoria : Oh, I'm sure that with a little practice, l...

  Labisse : Lady, that is like a nun saying, with a little practice, she could become a streetwalker.

• Victoria : As you can tell, Monsieur Labisse, I have a legitimate voice.

  Labisse : Yes, well, you see, I am looking for something a little more illegitimate.