How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from All About Eve.
Quote #1
EVE: I'd like anything Miss Channing played in...
MARGO: Would you, really? How sweet.
LLOYD: I doubt very much that you'd like her in The Hairy Ape.
EVE: Please, don't misunderstand me, Mr. Richards. I think that part of Miss
Channing's greatness lies in her ability to pick the best plays... your new play is for Miss Channing, isn't it?
Eve has a childlike blind admiration for Margo that Lloyd definitely doesn't share. However, Eve is capable of showing that she admires Lloyd, too, flattering two people for the price of one.
Quote #2
MARGO: All the religions in the world rolled into one, and we're Gods and Goddesses...
Fame hasn't changed much in the last half century, has it? In the 1950s, theater actors were the pinnacle of celebrity. They were nervous about Hollywood, and maybe for good reason. Today, it's Hollywood film stars we revere as Gods and Goddesses, and they're probably worried about TV stars and YouTube sensations…
Quote #3
LLOYD: Week after week, to thousands of people, you're as young as you want...
MARGO: ... as young as they want, you mean. I'm not interested in whether thousands of people think I'm six or six hundred.
Margo, unlike Eve, is skeptical of fame. She'd much rather respect herself than have six hundred people do it for her.