Holiday (1938)

Lind Seaton (Katherine Hepburn): How does your garden grow, Case?  Is life wonderful where you are?

Johnny Case (Cary Grant): I wouldn’t call what I’ve been doing “living.”  

Linda:  And what do you recommend for yourself, Doctor?

Case: A holiday.

Linda: How long? 

Case: As long as I need

Linda: You mean, just to play?

Case: No. No, I’ve been working since I was ten.  I wanna find out why I’m working.  The answer can’t be just to, uh, pay bills and to pile up more money.  Even if you do the government’s going to take most of it.

Linda: Yes, but what is the answer?

Case: Well, I don’t know. That’s what I intend to find out. The world’s changing out there. There’s a lot of new exciting ideas running around. Some of them might be right and some might be cockeyed, but they’re affecting all our lives.  I wanna know how I stand, where I fit into the picture, and what it’s all going to mean to me.  Well, I can’t find that out sitting behind some desk in an office.  So, as soon as I get enough money together I’m gonna knock off for a while.

Linda: Quit?

Case: Quit?!  I wanna save part of my life for myself.  There’s a catch to it though.  It’s gotta be part of the young part.  Ya know: retire young; work old.  Come back and work when I know what I’m working for.  Does that make sense to you?

I hear ya, Cary.  Ever the straight shooter and ever so relevant 70 years later, no?  One of my favorite movie pairings, these two.  Find it. Watch it. Live it.