Film Quotes by James Mason
75 quotes
Year: 1966
Director:
John Guillermin
Director:
John Guillermin
Otto Heidemann:
Yes, I understand - but I don't agree with killing helpless men!
General Count von Klugermann: Otto, this is 1918 - things have changed. Unrestricted submarine warfare, bombing of civilians, poison gas. Ask your wife - she's a nurse. Ask Elfi about the mustard gas casualties.
Otto Heidemann: So you approve of this kind of ruthlessness!
General Count von Klugermann: We fight to win, Otto.
General Count von Klugermann: Otto, this is 1918 - things have changed. Unrestricted submarine warfare, bombing of civilians, poison gas. Ask your wife - she's a nurse. Ask Elfi about the mustard gas casualties.
Otto Heidemann: So you approve of this kind of ruthlessness!
General Count von Klugermann: We fight to win, Otto.
--
James Mason
in
The Blue Max
(1966)
Year: 1966
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Ann Dobbs:
[shouting] How can you be so aggressive about your job and so gentle about me?
[Sobs]
Charles Dobbs: I've always thought that... being aggressive was the way to... keep my job and being gentle was the way to keep you,
[after a reflective pause]
Charles Dobbs: Well, I've lost my job, haven't I?
[Sobs]
Charles Dobbs: I've always thought that... being aggressive was the way to... keep my job and being gentle was the way to keep you,
[after a reflective pause]
Charles Dobbs: Well, I've lost my job, haven't I?
--
James Mason
in
The Deadly Affair
(1966)
Year: 1954
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Conseil:
Cannibals! Hundreds of cannibals! Captain, Captain, scores of boats!
Ned Land: Captain, we're under attack!
Captain Nemo: Naturally, since you invaded their privacy, they have every right to invade ours.
Ned Land: Captain, we're under attack!
Captain Nemo: Naturally, since you invaded their privacy, they have every right to invade ours.
--
James Mason
(as Captain Nemo)
in
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954)
Year: 1966
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Bill Appleby:
Are you suggesting that Elsa might have connived in her husband's murder? That's rather a ghoulish thought, Charley.
Charles Dobbs: She's had a rather ghoulish life.
Charles Dobbs: She's had a rather ghoulish life.
--
James Mason
in
The Deadly Affair
(1966)
Year: 1937
Director:
William A. Wellman*Jack Conway
Director:
William A. Wellman*Jack Conway
--
James Mason
(as Norman Maine)
in
A Star is Born
(1954)
Year: 1958
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Henry Scott:
You're no match for me without that knife.
Capt. Edwin Rummill: I'm not going to throw it away to find out.
Capt. Edwin Rummill: I'm not going to throw it away to find out.
--
James Mason
(as Capt. Edwin Rummill)
in
The Decks Ran Red
(1958)
Year: 1937
Director:
John Cromwell*W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
John Cromwell*W.S. Van Dyke
Rudolf Rassendyll:
But surely, no woman in her right senses would prefer the duke to you.
Rupert of Hentzau: Women are never in their right senses, thank goodness!
Rupert of Hentzau: Women are never in their right senses, thank goodness!
--
James Mason
(as Rupert of Hentzau)
in
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1952)
Year: 1966
Director:
Silvio Narizzano
Director:
Silvio Narizzano
Ted:
Your wife is at peace, Mr. James. A quick and merciful death. I don't suppose she ever knew what hit her.
James Leamington: Something hit her?
James Leamington: Something hit her?
--
James Mason
(as James Leamington)
in
Georgy Girl
(1966)
Year: 1959
Director:
Henry Levin
Director:
Henry Levin
Carla Göteborg:
Sir Oliver, you are not going to listen to a murderer?
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Never interrupt a murderer, madam.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Never interrupt a murderer, madam.
--
James Mason
(as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook)
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1959)
Year: 1959
Director:
Henry Levin
Director:
Henry Levin
Carla Göteborg:
Someone is walking up there. I heard footsteps, human footsteps.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Since the beginning of time all women have heard footsteps up there.
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Since the beginning of time all women have heard footsteps up there.
--
James Mason
(as Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook)
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1959)