Quotes from The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

27 quotes
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: One who follows his nature keeps his original nature in the end.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: Personally I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband, if she'll fool a husband she'll fool me.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: Some people can smell danger. Not me.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: That's how I found her and from that moment I did not use my head, except to think about her.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old, so I guess I'll concentrate on that.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: Well, Mr. Bannister's picnic party was most typical of him. A lot of trouble and a great deal of money went into it, but it was no more a picnic than Bannister was a man.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara: When I start out to make a fool of myself there's very little can stop me.
- Orson Welles (as Michael O'Hara) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister, Criminal Lawyer: [to Elsa] You know, for a smart girl you should have let me live. You're going to need a good lawyer.
- Everett Sloane (as Arthur Bannister) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister, Criminal Lawyer: [to Michael] I might as well tell you this is one case I've enjoyed losing.
- Everett Sloane (as Arthur Bannister) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister, Criminal Lawyer: Mike's got a lot of blarney but he knows how to hurt a man when he gets mad.
- Everett Sloane (as Arthur Bannister) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

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