Quotes from A Night at the Opera (1935)

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Groucho Marx
[the waiter brings the bill]
Otis B. Driftwood: Let me see that... 9 dollars and 40 cents? This is an outrage.
[to his dinner companion]
Otis B. Driftwood: If I were you I wouldn't pay it.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
[upon seeing a cast member made up to appear hideously ugly]
Otis B. Driftwood: Boogie, boogie, boogie. How would you like to feel the way she looks?
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Henderson: Am I crazy or are there only two beds in here?
Otis B. Driftwood: Now which question do you want me to answer first Henderson?
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Henderson: You live here all alone?
Otis B. Driftwood: Yes. Just me and my memories. I'm practically a hermit.
Henderson: Oh. A hermit. I notice the table's set for four.
Otis B. Driftwood: That's nothing - my alarm clock is set for eight. That doesn't prove a thing.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: [attempting to sell insurance to a ship porter] I have here an accident policy that will absolutely protect you no matter what happens. If you lose a leg, we'll help you look for it.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Chico Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Could he sail tomorrow?
Fiorello: You pay him enough money, he could sail yesterday.
- Chico Marx (as Fiorello) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Chico Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a sanity clause.
[Fiorello laughs loudly]
Fiorello: You can't fool me! There ain't no Sanity Claus!
- Chico Marx (as Fiorello) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: That woman? Do you know why I sat with her? Because she reminded me of you.
Mrs. Claypool: Really?
Otis B. Driftwood: Of course, that's why I'm sitting here with you. Because you remind me of you. Your eyes, your throat, your lips! Everything about you reminds me of you. Except you.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

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