Film Quotes by Jean Simmons
28 quotes
Year: 1955
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sky Masterson:
[after observing that Sarah's mission is doing poorly] Do I give you a fair rundown?
Sergeant Sarah Brown: I wouldn't know. I've never had a rundown.
Sergeant Sarah Brown: I wouldn't know. I've never had a rundown.
--
Jean Simmons
(as Sergeant Sarah Brown)
in
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Year: 1955
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sky Masterson:
All right. We'll lay it on the line. From now on we'll deal the hand open.
Sergeant Sarah Brown: Could you say that in English?
Sergeant Sarah Brown: Could you say that in English?
--
Jean Simmons
(as Sergeant Sarah Brown)
in
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Year: 1955
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sky Masterson:
You know, I imagine there's only one thing that's been in as many different hotel rooms as I have: the Gideon Bible. Don't tangle with me on the Good Book. I must've read it through at least a dozen times.
Sergeant Sarah Brown: If all that was no help to you...
Sergeant Sarah Brown: If all that was no help to you...
--
Jean Simmons
(as Sergeant Sarah Brown)
in
Guys and Dolls
(1955)
Year: 1953
Director:
George Sidney
Director:
George Sidney
Ann Seymour:
Do not attempt to confuse me by using words beyond my understanding.
Young Bess: I am sorry, madame, but they are difficult to avoid.
Young Bess: I am sorry, madame, but they are difficult to avoid.
--
Jean Simmons
(as Young Bess)
in
Young Bess
(1953)
Year: 1960
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
--
Jean Simmons
(as Varinia)
in
Spartacus
(1960)
Year: 1960
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Marcus Licinius Crassus:
You can't grieve forever.
Varinia: I'm not grieving.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: What are you doing?
Varinia: I am remembering.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: And what do you remember when you think of Spartacus?
Varinia: I remember that he started out all alone. And yet, on the day he died, thousands and thousands died in his place.
Varinia: I'm not grieving.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: What are you doing?
Varinia: I am remembering.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: And what do you remember when you think of Spartacus?
Varinia: I remember that he started out all alone. And yet, on the day he died, thousands and thousands died in his place.
--
Jean Simmons
(as Varinia)
in
Spartacus
(1960)
Year: 1953
Director:
George Sidney
Director:
George Sidney
Thomas Seymour:
If you were queen of England, what would you do, eh? Would you give your admiral the opportunity to do great deeds?
Young Bess: I'd give him the opportunities he never dared to dream about. I'd send him around the globe as the Portuguese do. I'd send him to the New World to let the Spaniards know that they are no longer masters of it.
Thomas Seymour: That won't be easy. We're a small country, Bess.
Young Bess: That can be remedied, Tom. It CAN be remedied!
Young Bess: I'd give him the opportunities he never dared to dream about. I'd send him around the globe as the Portuguese do. I'd send him to the New World to let the Spaniards know that they are no longer masters of it.
Thomas Seymour: That won't be easy. We're a small country, Bess.
Young Bess: That can be remedied, Tom. It CAN be remedied!
--
Jean Simmons
(as Young Bess)
in
Young Bess
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
George Cukor
Director:
George Cukor
Annie Jones:
Ruth, why don't you give up this going on the stage business and settle down with a nice man?
Ruth Gordon Jones: Oh, mama, don't be disgusting!
Ruth Gordon Jones: Oh, mama, don't be disgusting!
--
Jean Simmons
(as Ruth Gordon Jones)
in
The Actress
(1953)
Year: 1957
Director:
Robert Wise
Director:
Robert Wise
Tony Armotti:
That's your opinion, Baby.
Anne Leeds: [angry] My name is Anne Leeds, you can call me Anne, Miss Leeds or hey you, anything but Baby.
Anne Leeds: [angry] My name is Anne Leeds, you can call me Anne, Miss Leeds or hey you, anything but Baby.
--
Jean Simmons
in
This Could Be the Night
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Robert Wise
Director:
Robert Wise
Tony Armotti:
There are two waiters and at least four musicians at the club who I know for a fact hate my guts. Let 'em. I don't care.
Anne Leeds: Maybe I'm not as insensitive as you are. I do care.
Anne Leeds: Maybe I'm not as insensitive as you are. I do care.
--
Jean Simmons
in
This Could Be the Night
(1957)