Quotes from The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Don José Lizarabengoa: What are those Gypsies doing here?
Old Man: They've come to entertain. The colonel sent his own carriage after them. When he gives a party, he does things handsomely. I'll say that for him.
Don José Lizarabengoa: That girl, the one who's dancing. How can she be so bold as to come to the colonel's party? She's in hiding from the police.
Old Man: That's Carmen. And the colonel is a man just like any other man, I suppose. But it won't last. She never likes anybody very long.

- Glenn Ford (as Don José) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Don José Lizarabengoa: What's the matter with me? Why don't I go away from here? It's driving me crazy knowing you're married to another man. Why don't I go away where I can't see it?
Carmen García: I wouldn't be married to another man... if you used your head yesterday. Would I?

- Rita Hayworth (as Carmen) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Don José Lizarabengoa: Where did you get that dress?
Carmen García: That's my affair.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [He slaps her] Where'd you get that dress?
[Slaps her again, and holds her in front of him]
Don José Lizarabengoa: I'll kill you, as heaven is my witness, I'll kill you if you don't tell me!
Carmen García: Joseíto, my little soldier.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [She kisses him all over his face, as they struggle] Who is he? Who gave it to you?
Carmen García: [Continues to kiss him] Look, Joseíto. Look how Carmen loves you. Look!
Don José Lizarabengoa: I know you. I know what you are! Who is it now? Who is it now?
[He starts to choke her]
Don José Lizarabengoa: Who is it now?

- Glenn Ford (as Don José) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Don José Lizarabengoa: You didn't take anyone to them? For them to rob?
Carmen García: No.
Don José Lizarabengoa: Why not?
Carmen García: Oh. Maybe because... Maybe because I had a feeling you didn't want me to do those things anymore.
[He smiles]

- Rita Hayworth (as Carmen) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Dancaire: [about José and Carmen getting married] You will be a fine pair, you two. Payo and Gypsy, the tame and the untamed, the dog and wolf. Dog and wolf weren't created to live together. It won't work, Navarrés. You'll see.

- Luther Adler (as Dancaire) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Dancaire: [to José] You don't like us, do you? We fill you with disgust. We're the symbol of your degradation.

- Luther Adler (as Dancaire) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Dancaire: Was the colonel's party successful, Carmen?
Carmen García: No, it was very stupid.
Dancaire: Was it successful?
Pablo: We need another 200 duros to get García out of jail.
Carmen García: Let him stay where he is.
Dancaire: Is that a way for a loving wife to feel about her husband?
Carmen García: Let him rot.
Pablo: No money for García? We'll tell him.
Carmen García: [She takes a bag of money out from the inside of her skirt] There, thief. And be welcome to it.
Dancaire: Is that all?
Carmen García: [Pablo pats her skirt] I left the party early.
[She walks towards the stairs, and money fall out of her skirt. She glares at the men and kicks it towards them, and spits at them]

- Rita Hayworth (as Carmen) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Pablo: [They are in the middle of robbing a stagecoach] We have company.
Don José Lizarabengoa: [Carmen comes over and takes a man's watch] What are you doing here? I told you I want you to stay away from this!
Carmen García: I was bored! I won't sit on my haunches and wait for you like the wife of a payo, stirring a pot of stew. I've been my own woman and a Gypsy too long, my friend.
Don José Lizarabengoa: I told you to leave these matters to me. I want no more of this.
Carmen García: You told me you wanted no more. I'm not your slave. I'm Carmen and nobody tells me what to do, I do as I please. If you're ashamed of what I am, find another woman. Get yourself a payo wife! You and your payo honor. I spit on your honor!
Don José Lizarabengoa: [She spits at him] Get back to camp.
Carmen García: I always used to ride with García.
Don José Lizarabengoa: I'm not García.
Carmen García: No, you're not. In many ways, you're not.

- Rita Hayworth (as Carmen) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Andrés: [about Carmen] Gypsies will always steal anything they can get their hands on. I don't know why I bother with that girl. She's bad all the way through. She lies as easily as other people drink water. She's a liar, a thief and a cheat. Has no more manners than my great aunt's cat. She's really awful. And I'd sell my soul to hear her say just once that she loves me.

- Ron Randell (as Andrés) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Andrés: [Sees Carmen standing by a cart, and runs over to her] Carmencita! Carmencita! Carmen, I've been looking for two days for you. For two days, Carmen, I inquired at the factory and you were absent. You weren't at Lillas Pastia's. What have you been doing?
Carmen García: Sunning myself.

- Rita Hayworth (as Carmen) in The Loves of Carmen (1948)