And believe me, Mrs.Mulwray, whoever set your husband up set me up.LA""s a small town, people talk.I""m just trying to make a living.I don""t want to become a local joke.Mrs.Mulwray: Mr.Gittes.You talked me into it.I""ll drop the lawsuit.Jake: What?Mrs.Mulwray: I said I""ll drop the lawsuit.So let""s just drop the whole thing.Gittes senses something mysterious underlying the quick offer to drop the suit and is interested in delving deeper into the case to uncover the larger plot issue.George C.Scott became thefirstactor to decline his Oscar nomination for the film - in protest of fellow actors"" practice of campaigning for awards, calling the awards demeaning and self-serving.What do you know - I had show after show with which to dazzle you.But Antony is not a man to be dazzled if he doesn""t please, no.What do you care for this, for instance? Watch! (She claps and a gong sounds)Near-naked dancing-girls lead a procession that brings a garlanded ox into view."Finally, Bud is able to enter the vestibule of his own building, climb the stairs to his apartment, and find his key left under the mat.