Film Quotes by Claudette Colbert
53 quotes
Year: 1942
Director:
Preston Sturges
Director:
Preston Sturges
Gerry Jeffers:
You have no idea what a long-legged woman can do without doing anything.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Gerry Jeffers)
in
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
Preston Sturges
Director:
Preston Sturges
Gerry Jeffers:
You're married to me; that's like saying, you're *blind* to me. For a long time, I've been a part of you, just something to snuggle up to and keep you warm at night, like a blanket, but you can't *see* me any more than you can see the back of your neck.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Gerry Jeffers)
in
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
Preston Sturges
Director:
Preston Sturges
Gerry Jeffers:
You're not being rude, dear, you're just being yourself.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Gerry Jeffers)
in
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Year: 1944
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Mrs. Anne Hilton:
[Brig is sleeping on the elderly woman on train] I'm afraid she's awfully heavy for you.
Elderly Woman on Train: Oh, no. She's so like my granddaughter. I love holding her.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Is she about the same age?
Elderly Woman on Train: No. Mary is almost 30 now. She's a nurse. Here, let me show you her picture.
[opens a locket around her neck]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, she's pretty! Where is she now?
Elderly Woman on Train: I really don't know. You see, she was at Corregidor.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, I'm so sorry.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Mother, won't you let me do something now? Can't I -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, Jane, please, darling, not again. I'm so hot and so tired.
Jane Deborah Hilton: But just for the summer, Mother. I could be a nurse's aide, maybe.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: All right, Jane.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, gee, Mother, that's swell!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: But remember now, just for the summer.
Elderly Woman on Train: Oh, no. She's so like my granddaughter. I love holding her.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Is she about the same age?
Elderly Woman on Train: No. Mary is almost 30 now. She's a nurse. Here, let me show you her picture.
[opens a locket around her neck]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, she's pretty! Where is she now?
Elderly Woman on Train: I really don't know. You see, she was at Corregidor.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, I'm so sorry.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Mother, won't you let me do something now? Can't I -
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, Jane, please, darling, not again. I'm so hot and so tired.
Jane Deborah Hilton: But just for the summer, Mother. I could be a nurse's aide, maybe.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: All right, Jane.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Oh, gee, Mother, that's swell!
Mrs. Anne Hilton: But remember now, just for the summer.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Mrs. Anne Hilton)
in
Since You Went Away
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Mrs. Anne Hilton:
By the way, how did you leave Jane?
Lieutenant Tony Willett: With the mumps, and with tears, I'm afraid. I haven't much tact, I guess. I didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. Poor dear. Then you are very attractive, Tony.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: A bone from Mrs. Hilton?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, I mean it. It won't be too easy for Jane, getting over it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Nonsense. Older men. Every girl goes through it. Didn't you?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Still going through it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Yeah. Older men named Hilton. Don't you ever worry about Jane.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I won't. As long as the older men are like you.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: You know something, Anne? I'm chump enough to go on living on your compliments for the next six months. Like a camel and water, you know? How long can they go?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I can't tell you. I never knew one.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: With the mumps, and with tears, I'm afraid. I haven't much tact, I guess. I didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I know. Poor dear. Then you are very attractive, Tony.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: A bone from Mrs. Hilton?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: No, I mean it. It won't be too easy for Jane, getting over it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Nonsense. Older men. Every girl goes through it. Didn't you?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Still going through it.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: Yeah. Older men named Hilton. Don't you ever worry about Jane.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I won't. As long as the older men are like you.
Lieutenant Tony Willett: You know something, Anne? I'm chump enough to go on living on your compliments for the next six months. Like a camel and water, you know? How long can they go?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: I can't tell you. I never knew one.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Mrs. Anne Hilton)
in
Since You Went Away
(1944)
Year: 1938
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Nicole de Loiselle:
I wish someone would tell you what I really think of you.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Nicole De Loiselle)
in
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Year: 1944
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Director:
John Cromwell*Edward F. Cline*Tay Garnett*David O. Selznick
Jane Deborah Hilton:
Mother?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, Jane?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Mother, do you think I have a nice figure?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, darling. You have a beautiful figure.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Do you think Tony might paint me someday?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Over my dead body.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, Jane?
Jane Deborah Hilton: Mother, do you think I have a nice figure?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, darling. You have a beautiful figure.
Jane Deborah Hilton: Do you think Tony might paint me someday?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Over my dead body.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Mrs. Anne Hilton)
in
Since You Went Away
(1944)
Year: 1942
Director:
Preston Sturges
Director:
Preston Sturges
Tom Jeffers:
So this fellow gave you the look?
Gerry Jeffers: At his age it was more of a blink.
Tom Jeffers: Seven hundred dollars! And sex didn't even enter into it, I suppose?
Gerry Jeffers: Sex always has something to do with it, dear.
Gerry Jeffers: At his age it was more of a blink.
Tom Jeffers: Seven hundred dollars! And sex didn't even enter into it, I suppose?
Gerry Jeffers: Sex always has something to do with it, dear.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Gerry Jeffers)
in
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Year: 1942
Director:
Preston Sturges
Director:
Preston Sturges
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Gerry Jeffers)
in
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Year: 1934
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
[after Ellen stops a car by showing her leg]
Peter Warne: Why didn't you take off all your clothes? You could have stopped forty cars.
Ellie Andrews: Well, ooo, I'll remember that when we need forty cars.
Peter Warne: Why didn't you take off all your clothes? You could have stopped forty cars.
Ellie Andrews: Well, ooo, I'll remember that when we need forty cars.
--
Claudette Colbert
(as Ellie)
in
It Happened One Night
(1934)