Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Natalie Wood: Susan Walker

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Quotes 

• Susan : I believe... I believe... It's silly, but I believe.

• Kris Kringle : You know what the imagination is?

  Susan Walker : Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.

  Kris Kringle : Well, that can be caused by other things, too.

• [Doris is trying to convince Susan there is no Santa Claus] 

  Susan Walker : But when he spoke Dutch to that girl...

  Doris Walker : Susan, I speak French, but that doesn't make me Joan of Arc.

• Fred : That baseball player sure looks like a giant to me.

  Susan : Sometimes people grow very large, but that's abnormal.

  Fred : I'll bet your mother told you that, too.

• Susan Walker : If you're really Santa Claus, you can get it for me. And if you can't, you're only a nice man with a white beard like mother says.

• Susan Walker : You mean it's like, 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'

  Doris Walker : Yes.

  Susan Walker : I thought so.

• Susan Walker : There's no such thing as giants.

  Fred Gailey : What about the one Jack killed?

  Susan Walker : Jack? Jack who?

  Fred Gailey : Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk".

  Susan Walker : I never heard of that.

  Fred Gailey : Sure you have. You must have forgotten. It's a fairy tale.

  Susan Walker : Oh... one of those. I don't know any of those. My mother thinks they're silly.

• Susan : [watching the Macy's parade from the window, sings]  There goes Santa Claus!

  Doris Walker : [groans, rolls eyes]  Oh, don't even mention the name!

  Susan : He's much better than last year's.

  [sneers] 

  Susan : At least this one doesn't wear glasses.

  Doris Walker : This one was a last minute substitute. The one I hired, I fired.

  Susan : Why?

  Doris Walker : You remember the way the janitor was last New Years?

  Susan : Ohhhh yes.

  Doris Walker : Well, this one was much worse!