Quotes from Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: [to Susan] Start thinking with your head instead of your hips.
[pause]
Sidney Falco: Uh - by the way, I got nothing against women thinking with their hips. That's their nature. Just like it's a *man's* nature to go out and hustle and get the things he wants.
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: A press agent eats a columnist's dirt and is expected to call it manna.
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: Dallas, your mouth is as big as a basket and twice as empty!
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: Do you believe in capital punishment, Senator?
Sen. Harvey Walker: [amused] Why?
Sidney Falco: [pointing to the phone] A man has just been sentenced to death.
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: Don't do anything I wouldn't do! That gives you a lot of leeway...
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: Every dog will have his day.
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: I am tasting my favorite new perfume - success!
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Burt Lancaster
Sidney Falco: If I'm gonna go out on a limb for you, you gotta know what's involved!
J.J. Hunsecker: My right hand hasn't seen my left hand in thirty years.
- Burt Lancaster (as J.J. Hunsecker) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: If you're funny, Walter, I'm a pretzel! Drop dead!
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco: Kill me, push me through a window somewhere! I walked into this hallowed ground without knocking!
- Tony Curtis (as Sidney Falco) in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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