Film Quotes by Irene Dunne
37 quotes
Year: 1938
Director:
Tay Garnett
Director:
Tay Garnett
Margaret 'Maggie' Garret:
But I'm not a Garret, I'm a Brewster. And we Brewsters do what we want to do when we want to do it.
--
Irene Dunne
in
Joy of Living
(1938)
Year: 1938
Director:
Tay Garnett
Director:
Tay Garnett
Margaret 'Maggie' Garret:
I want another piece of beer.
--
Irene Dunne
in
Joy of Living
(1938)
Year: 1945
Director:
Charles Vidor
Director:
Charles Vidor
Paula 'Polly' Wharton:
Old? Max, that over-21 business is a lie, like the one about you can't teach an old dog new tricks. The fellas who spout lies like that don't think the world ought to change either. It's too old a dog.
--
Irene Dunne
(as Paula 'Polly' Wharton)
in
Over 21
(1945)
Year: 1952
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Polly Baxter:
Well, for your information, in case you're interested, I have more brains in my head than most people have in their little fingers!
--
Irene Dunne
in
It Grows on Trees
(1952)
Year: 1944
Director:
Clarence Brown
Director:
Clarence Brown
Susan Dunn's landlady:
God will never forgive us, if we break faith with our dead again
--
Irene Dunne
in
The White Cliffs of Dover
(1944)
Year: 1939
Director:
Leo McCarey
Director:
Leo McCarey
Terry McKay:
How's your fiancee?
Michel: She's got a cold.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's too bad. Got it at Lake Como?
Michel: No, she wasn't there.
Terry McKay: Uhh... , Uh, you mean the Lady of the Lake was not...
Michel: [Shakes head] That was her best friend.
Terry McKay: Oh.
Michel: [Another shake, and grimace]
Terry McKay: Chummy bunch.
Michel: She's got a cold.
Terry McKay: Oh, that's too bad. Got it at Lake Como?
Michel: No, she wasn't there.
Terry McKay: Uhh... , Uh, you mean the Lady of the Lake was not...
Michel: [Shakes head] That was her best friend.
Terry McKay: Oh.
Michel: [Another shake, and grimace]
Terry McKay: Chummy bunch.
--
Irene Dunne
(as Terry)
in
Love Affair
(1939)
Year: 1939
Director:
Leo McCarey
Director:
Leo McCarey
Terry McKay:
The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.
--
Irene Dunne
(as Terry)
in
Love Affair
(1939)
Year: 1936
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Theodora Lynn:
[as Caroline Adams] I have this to say to the modern young girls, gentlemen - Be free, express yourselves! Take your life in your own hands and mold it. The world will try to rob you of your freedom, but fight for it! It's all you have to live for! That's all for the modern girl.
--
Irene Dunne
in
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Theodora Lynn:
I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.
--
Irene Dunne
in
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Director:
Richard Boleslawski
Theodora Lynn:
Oh, by the way, your mother made some cookies for me, but I met a hungry man, and he ate them up.
--
Irene Dunne
in
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)