How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from All About Eve.
Quote #4
MARGO: I'm sure you underestimate yourself, Eve. You always do.
This is Margo calling Eve out on her "false modesty" and it's one of the first clues to Eve that Margo's onto her tricks.
Quote #5
ADDISON: How thoughtful of her to call and invite me that afternoon... and what a happy coincidence that several representatives of other newspapers happened to be present. All of us—invited that afternoon to attend an understudy's performance.
From Addison's intense sarcasm here, you know that he knows what Eve was really up to. At this point, he doesn't mind being a pawn in Eve's game because he knows he can eventually turn the tables and take control of her. A theater critic is extremely influential in making or breaking an actress' career.
Quote #6
LLOYD: it's Addison, from start to finish, it drips with his brand of venom... taking advantage of a kid like that, twisting her words, making her say what he wanted her to say.
Eve and Addison both cooked up this little column, but because Addison's a known nasty creep, it's easy to blame him for twisting Eve's words. Lloyd's still in the dark about Eve's real motivations; she's just an innocent kid manipulated by Addison.