The Sound of Music (film) Quotes

The Sound of Music (film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . The Sound of Music ended in 1970.

It features Robert Wise as producer, Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II; Irwin Kostal in charge of musical score, and Ted D. McCord as head of cinematography.

The Sound of Music (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Sound of Music (film) is 174 minutes long. The Sound of Music (film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Julie Andrews as Maria, Bill Lee as Captain von Trapp, Ben Wright as Herr Zeller, Anna Lee as Sister Margaretta, Portia Nelson as Sister Berthe, Duane Chase as Kurt, Eleanor Parker as The Baroness, Richard Haydn as Max, Norma Varden as Maid, Norma Varden as Frau Schmidt, Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp, Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp, Angela Cartwright as Brigitta, Kym Karath as Gretl, Charmian Carr as Liesl, Debbie Turner as Marta, and Daniel Truhitte as Rolfe.

The Sound of Music (film) Quotes

Kym Karath as Gretl

• (Kym Karath) "It'll be my first party, father."

Bill Lee as Captain von Trapp

• (Bill Lee) "You brought music back into the house. I had forgotten."

• (Bill Lee) "Maria, there isn't going to be any Baroness anymore."
• (Julie Andrews) "I don't understand."
• (Bill Lee) "Well, we called off our engagement, you see, and --"
• (Julie Andrews) "Oh, I'm sorry."
• (Bill Lee) "Yes. You are?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Mm-hmm. You did?"
• (Bill Lee) "Yes. Well, you can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else -- can you?"

• (Bill Lee) "What's that?"
• (Julie Andrews) "It's singing."
• (Bill Lee) "Yes, I realize it's singing, but who?"
• (Julie Andrews) "The children."
• (Bill Lee) "The children?"
• (Julie Andrews) "I taught them something to sing for the Baroness."

• (Bill Lee) "You'll never be one of them."
• (Daniel Truhitte) "Lieutenant. Lieutenant, they're here. They're here, Lieutenant."

• (Bill Lee) "It's the dress. You'll have to put on another one before you meet the children."
• (Julie Andrews) "But I don't have another one. When we entered the abbey our worldly clothes were given to the poor."
• (Bill Lee) "What about this one?"
• (Julie Andrews) "The poor didn't want this one."

• (Bill Lee) "Fraulein, is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you intend on leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of -- indigestion?"

• (Bill Lee) "The first rule of this household is discipline."

• (Bill Lee) "I don't care to hear anything further from you about my children."
• (Julie Andrews) "I am not finished yet."
• (Bill Lee) "Oh, yes, you are, Captain."
• (Bill Lee) "Fraulein."

• (Bill Lee) "You are the twelfth in a long line of governesses who have come here to look after my children since their mother died. I trust you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours."

• (Bill Lee) "Oh, there's nothing wrong with the children. Only the governesses."

• (Bill Lee) "My fellow Austrians, I shall not be seeing you again perhaps for a very long time. I would like to sing for you now -- a love song. I know you share this love. I pray that you will never let it die."

• (Bill Lee) "Fraulein Maria, did I or did I not say that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this household?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Yes, well the children were scared of the thunderstorm and -- You did, sir."
• (Bill Lee) "And do you or do you not have trouble following these simple instructions?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Only during thunderstorms, sir."

• (Bill Lee) "Now, when I want you, this is what you will hear."
• (Julie Andrews) "Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir. I could never answer to a whistle. Whistles are for dogs and cats and other animals, but not for children and definitely not for me. It would be too -- humiliating."
• (Bill Lee) "Fraulein, were you this much trouble at the Abbey?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Oh, much more, sir."
• (Bill Lee) "Hmm."
• (Julie Andrews) "Excuse me, sir. I don't know your signal"

Debbie Turner as Marta

• (Debbie Turner) "I'm Marta, and I'm going to be seven on Tuesday, and I'd like a pink parasol."
• (Julie Andrews) "Well, pink's my favorite color, too."

• (Debbie Turner) "Can we really keep the puppet show, Uncle Max?"
• (Richard Haydn) "Of course. Why else do you think I had Professor Cohen send the bill to your father?"

• (Debbie Turner) "Why don't we ever get to see the baroness?"
• (Duane Chase) "Why would she want to see you?"

• (Debbie Turner) "Why doesn't father turn the motor on?"
• (Duane Chase) "Because he doesn't want anybody to hear us."
• (Bill Lee) "Shh."
• (Heather Menzies) "What will Frau Schmidt and Franz said when they discover we're gone?"
• (Bill Lee) "They'll be able to answer truthfully they didn't know anything about it if anyone asks them."
• (Heather Menzies) "Will we be coming back here?"
• (Bill Lee) "Someday, Liesl. I do hope someday."
• (Kym Karath) "Are Father and Uncle Max going to push the car all the way to Switzerland?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Shh."

• (Debbie Turner) "The least they could have done is to let us say hello."

Duane Chase as Kurt

• (Duane Chase) "I haven't had so much fun since the day we put glue on Fräulein Josephine's toothbrush."

• (Duane Chase) "Only grown-up men are scared of women."

Eleanor Parker as The Baroness

• (Eleanor Parker) "Fond as I am of you -- I really don't think you're the right man for me. You're, um -- You're much too independent. And I; I need someone who needs me desperately -- or at least needs my money desperately."

• (Eleanor Parker) "There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him."

• (Eleanor Parker) "Why didn't you tell me?"
• (Richard Haydn) "What?"
• (Eleanor Parker) "To bring along my harmonica."

• (Eleanor Parker) "Somewhere out there is a lady who I think will never be a nun. Auf Wiedersehen, darling."

• (Eleanor Parker) "Not too sweet, not too sour."
• (Richard Haydn) "Just too, uh -- pink."

Julie Andrews as Maria

• (Julie Andrews) "You boys weren't scared, too, were you?"
• (Nicholas Hammond) "No. We just wanted to be sure that you weren't."
• (Julie Andrews) "That was very thoughtful of you, Friedrich."
• (Nicholas Hammond) "It wasn't my idea. It was Kurt's."
• (Julie Andrews) "Kurt. That's the one I left out. God bless Kurt."

• (Julie Andrews) "I forgot the other boy. Oh, what's his name? Oh, well, God bless What's-his-name."

• (Julie Andrews) "There were times when we would look at each other; oh Mother, I could hardly breathe."

• (Julie Andrews) "I'd like to thank each and every one of you for the precious gift you left in my pocket today."
• (Bill Lee) "Um, what gift?"
• (Julie Andrews) "It's meant to be a secret, Captain, between the children and me."
• (Bill Lee) "Uh-huh. Then I suggest that you keep it, and let us eat."
• (Julie Andrews) "Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted. It was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and -- pleasant."
• (Bill Lee) "What is the matter, Marta?"
• (Debbie Turner) "Nothing."
• (Bill Lee) "Uh, Fräulein -- is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you, uh, intend leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of -- indigestion?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Oh, they're all right, Captain. They're just happy."

• (Julie Andrews) "What is it?"
• (Bill Lee) "Berlin. They've offered me a commission. I've been requested to accept immediately and report to their naval base at Bremerhaven tomorrow."
• (Julie Andrews) "I knew this would happen. I didn't think it would be so soon."
• (Bill Lee) "To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be unthinkable."

• (Julie Andrews) "Reverend Mother, I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. -The hills were beckoning and -- the sky was so blue today -- and everything was so green and fragrant, I had to be a part of it. The Untersberg led me higher like it wanted me to go through the clouds."
• (Mother Abbess) "Suppose darkness had come and you were lost?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Mother, I could never be lost up there. That's my mountain. I was brought up on it. It was the mountain that led me to you. When I was a child, I would come down and climb a tree -- and look in your garden. I'd see the sisters at work and hear them sing -- Which brings me to another transgression, Reverend Mother. I was singing out there today."
• (Mother Abbess) "Only in the abbey do we have rules about postulants singing."
• (Julie Andrews) "I can't stop wherever I am. Worse, I can't seem to stop saying things. Everything I think and feel."

• (Julie Andrews) "Gretl, what happened to your finger?"
• (Kym Karath) "It got caught."
• (Julie Andrews) "Caught in what?"
• (Kym Karath) "Friedrich's teeth."

• (Julie Andrews) "I'd like to thank you all for the precious gift you left in my pocket today."
• (Bill Lee) "What gift?"
• (Julie Andrews) "It's meant to be a secret between the children and me."
• (Bill Lee) "Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat."
• (Julie Andrews) "Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted, it was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and pleasant."

• (Julie Andrews) "Kurt, how are you?"
• (Duane Chase) "Hungry."

• (Julie Andrews) "Why didn't you children tell me you could dance?"
• (Duane Chase) "We were afraid you'd make us all dance together. The von Trapp Family dancers."

• (Julie Andrews) "Silver white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things"

• (Julie Andrews) "Dear Father, now I know why You sent me here. To help these children prepare for a new mother. And I pray this will become a happy family in Thy sight. God bless the captain. God bless Liesl and Friedrich. God bless Louisa, Brigitta, Marta and little Gretl. And I forgot the other boy. What's his name? Well, God bless what's-his-name. God bless the Reverend Mother and Sister Margaretta and everybody at the abbey. And now, dear God, about Liesl. Help her know that I'm her friend and help her tell me what she's been up to."
• (Charmian Carr) "Are you going to tell on me?"
• (Julie Andrews) "Help me to be understanding so I may guide her footsteps. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost."
• (Charmian Carr) "I was out walking and somebody locked the doors early. I didn't want to wake everybody, so when I saw your window open. You're not going to tell Father, are you?"
• (Julie Andrews) "How in the world did you climb up here?"
• (Charmian Carr) "It's how we always got in to play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders in her hand."
• (Julie Andrews) "Spiders? Liesl, were you out walking all by yourself? If we wash that dress tonight, nobody would notice it tomorrow. You could put this on. Take your dress and put it to soak in the bathtub. Come back here and sit on the bed, and we'll have a talk."
• (Charmian Carr) "I told you today I didn't need a governess. Well, maybe I do."

• (Julie Andrews) "I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things; anything and everything I think and feel."
• (Mother Abbess) "Some people would call that honesty."
• (Julie Andrews) "Oh, but it's terrible, Reverend Mother."

• (Julie Andrews) "When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window."

Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp

• (Heather Menzies) "I'm Brigitta."
• (Julie Andrews) "You didn't tell me how old you are -- Louisa."
• (Angela Cartwright) "I'm Brigitta, she's Louisa. She's thirteen years old, and you're smart. I'm ten, and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw."

Norma Varden as Frau Schmidt

• (Norma Varden) "The Von Trapp children don't play. They march."

Richard Haydn as Max

• (Richard Haydn) "He's got to at least pretend to work with these people. You must convince him."
• (Julie Andrews) "I can't ask him to be less than he is."

• (Richard Haydn) "I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you."

• (Richard Haydn) "How many have I had?"
• (Norma Varden) "Two."
• (Richard Haydn) "Make it an uneven three."

• (Richard Haydn) "Hold on. What's so funny?"
• (Bill Lee) "You are, Max. Expensive, but very funny."

• (Richard Haydn) "I hope you appreciate the sacrifice I'm making."
• (Bill Lee) "You have no choice."
• (Richard Haydn) "I know -- That's why I'm making it."

• (Richard Haydn) "Friedrich, Gretl, why don't you sing?"
• (Kym Karath) "I can't, I've got a sore finger."

• (Richard Haydn) "What's going to happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you."
• (Bill Lee) "Max. Don't you ever say that again."
• (Richard Haydn) "You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?"
• (Bill Lee) "Oh yes, you can help it. You must help it."

Anna Lee as Sister Margaretta

• (Anna Lee) "After all, the wool from the black sheep is just as warm."

• (Anna Lee) "Reverend Mother, I have sinned."
• (Portia Nelson) "I, too, Reverend Mother."
• (Mother Abbess) "What is this sin, my children?"

Ben Wright as Herr Zeller

• (Ben Wright) "I've not asked you where you and your family are going. Nor have you asked me why I am here."
• (Bill Lee) "Well, apparently, we're both suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity."

• (Ben Wright) "Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming; and it is coming, Captain; perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music."
• (Bill Lee) "If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section."
• (Ben Wright) "You flatter me, Captain."
• (Bill Lee) "Oh, how clumsy of me; I meant to accuse you."

Daniel Truhitte as Rolfe

• (Daniel Truhitte) "Dear Liesl, I would like to tell you how I feel about you STOP Unfortunately, this wire is already too expensive Sincerely, Rolfe"
• (Charmian Carr) "Sincerely?"
• (Daniel Truhitte) "Cordially?"
• (Charmian Carr) "Cordially?"
• (Daniel Truhitte) "Affectionately?"

Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp

• (Nicholas Hammond) "I'm Friedrich. I'm fourteen. I'm impossible."
• (Julie Andrews) "Really? Who told you that, Friedrich?"
• (Nicholas Hammond) "Fraulein Josephine, four governesses ago."

Charmian Carr as Liesl

• (Charmian Carr) "Wheeeeeeeeeee."

• (Charmian Carr) "I'm Liesl. I'm sixteen years old and I don't need a governess."

• (Charmian Carr) "So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen. I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. Yes?"
• (Bill Lee) "No."

Angela Cartwright as Brigitta

• (Angela Cartwright) "I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw."
• (Duane Chase) "Brigitta, you shouldn't say that."
• (Angela Cartwright) "Why not? Don't you think it's ugly?"
• (Duane Chase) "Of course, but Fraulein Helga's was ugliest."

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