Quotes from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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Kim Hunter
Stella: I never listen to you when you're being morbid.
- Kim Hunter (as Stella Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Kim Hunter
Stella: Mr. Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself... Your face and your fingers are disgustingly greasy.
- Kim Hunter (as Stella Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Kim Hunter
Stella: You think you're going bowling now?
- Kim Hunter (as Stella Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Kim Hunter
[as Stanley's friends gather to play poker]
Stella: The blind are leading the blind!
- Kim Hunter (as Stella Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Marlon Brando
[Blance enters into the spare bedroom and closes the curtain. She looks at her suitcase which is in complete disaray then she starts to undress and talks to Stanley who is sitting in the kitchen]
Blanche DuBois: I understand there's to be a card game here tonight to which we ladies are cordially not invited.
Blanche DuBois: That's right.
Blanche DuBois: Where's is Stella?
Stanley Kowalski: She's out there on the porch.
[Blanche walks over to the window and looks out. Across the street Stella is talking to someone. Blanche starts walking back to the curtain]
Blanche DuBois: I'm going to ask a favor of you in a moment.
Stanley Kowalski: Well now, what's that going to be, I wonder?
Blanche DuBois: Well, some buttons in back.
[She opens the curtain]
Blanche DuBois: You may enter.
Stanley Kowalski: [Stanley stands up and walks into the bedroom]
Blanche DuBois: How do I look?
Stanley Kowalski: You look okay.
Blanche DuBois: Well thank you. Now the buttons.
Stanley Kowalski: [He fumbles with them for a moment] I can't do no more with them.
Blanche DuBois: You mean with your big clumsy fingers. May I have a drag of your cig?
[He hands her a cigarette]
Stanley Kowalski: Yeah, have one yourself.
Blanche DuBois: Well thank you. It uh It looks like my trunk has exploded.
Stanley Kowalski: Me and Stella was helping you unpack.
Blanche DuBois: Well, you certainly did a fast and thorough job.
Stanley Kowalski: It certainly looks like you raided some stylish shops of Paris, Blanche.
Blanche DuBois: Clothes are my passion.
Stanley Kowalski: How much does it cost for a string of furs like that?
- Marlon Brando (as Stanley Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Vivien Leigh
[first lines]
A Sailor: Can I help you, ma'am?
Blanche DuBois: Why, they told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemetery and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.
- Vivien Leigh (as Blanche DuBois) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Marlon Brando
Stanley Kowalski: Stella! Come on, Stella!
Stella: I'm not going back in there again, not this time, never going back, never.
Stanley Kowalski: Hey, Stella! Hey, Stellaaa!
- Marlon Brando (as Stanley Kowalski) in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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