Somewhere in Time
1980
Elise McKenna: Reechard. Reeeeeeechaaaarrrrd.
(seeing Richard for the first time) Elise McKenna: Is it you? Is it?
Elise McKenna: The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? "Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognise you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way that I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you". Such would I say to him if he were really here.
Richard Collier: This is not for a play, Miss Roberts. This is something very personal. (shows her the pocketwatch) Laura Roberts: Where did you get that? Richard Collier: Well, she gave it to me, ma'am. At the opening of a play I wrote eight years ago at Millfield College. Laura Roberts: That watch was very precious to her. She never- never left it out of her possession. It disappeared the night she died. Richard Collier: She died that night?
(repeated line) Richard Collier: See you around, Arthur.
Older Elise: Come back to me.
Arthur Biehl: Have we ever met before?
William Fawcett Robinson: Excess within control.
Elise McKenna: I am an actress, William, not a doormat. Do not attempt to wipe your boots on me.
Richard Collier: I owe you an apology. I understand you now. You have nothing but the best motives in mind for her, but so do I.
Elise McKenna: There is so much to say... I cannot find the words. Except for these: 'I love you.'