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Film Quotes by Jean Arthur

47 quotes
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year: 1936

Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Babe Bennett: Certainly I wrote those articles. I was going to get a raise, a month's vacation. But I stopped writing them when I found out what he was all about, when I realized how real he was. He could never fit in with our distorted viewpoint, because he's honest, and sincere, and good. If that man's crazy, Your Honor, the rest of us belong in straitjackets!
-- Jean Arthur (as Babe Bennett) in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year: 1936

Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Babe Bennett: Here's a guy that's wholesome and fresh. To us, he looks like a freak. Do you know what he told me tonight? He said when he gets married, he wants to carry his bride over the threshold in his arms... I tried to laugh, but I couldn't. It stuck in my throat... He's got goodness, Mabel. Do you know what that is?... No, of course you don't. We've forgotten. We're too busy being smart alecks. Too busy in a crazy competition for nothing.
-- Jean Arthur (as Babe Bennett) in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year: 1936

Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Babe Bennett: That guy is either the dumbest, stupidest, most imbecilic idiot in the world, or else he's the grandest thing alive. I can't make him out.
-- Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Year: 1939

Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clarissa Saunders: Yippee!
-- Jean Arthur (as Clarissa Saunders) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Year: 1939

Director:
Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clarissa Saunders: You just make up your mind you're not gonna quit, and I'll tell you what. I've been thinking about it all the way back here. It's a forty foot dive into a tub of water, but I think you can do it.
-- Jean Arthur (as Clarissa Saunders) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The More the Merrier
Year: 1943

Director:
George Stevens
The More the Merrier
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: 42 is a very safe, sane age. When a man has reached 42 he knows something. Like Mr. Pendergast. He's an important man.
-- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)
The More the Merrier
Year: 1943

Director:
George Stevens
The More the Merrier
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: Call Mr. Pendagast, Charile??? (Mr. Pendagast is her fiance)
Joe Carter: Sure, why not?
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: Of course you don't realize that Mr. Pendagast is the type man who has twice been to the White House for dinner.
-- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)
The More the Merrier
Year: 1943

Director:
George Stevens
The More the Merrier
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: Don't you think it's kind of silly to move for just two days?
-- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)
The More the Merrier
Year: 1943

Director:
George Stevens
The More the Merrier
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: Well, you see that's the way with those older men like Mr. Pendergast. A girl gets to appreciate their more mature... (Joe kisses her passionately)... viewpoint... (Connie kisses him back)...
-- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)
The More the Merrier
Year: 1943

Director:
George Stevens
The More the Merrier
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: You look... messy. Don't you ever brush your hair?
Joe Carter: I bet Mr. Pendergast combs his hair every hour, on the hour.
Constance 'Connie' Milligan: Mr. Pendergast has no hair!
-- Jean Arthur (as Connie Milligan) in The More the Merrier (1943)