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Film Quotes by Mae West

59 quotes
Klondike Annie
Year: 1936

Director:
Raoul Walsh
The Frisco Doll: Bull, you ain't no oil paintin', but you're a fascinatin' monster.
Klondike Annie
Year: 1936

Director:
Raoul Walsh
The Frisco Doll: I got a debt to pay - not to this crowd, but to Annie, and I'm gonna do it. It won't take long, and then I'll be squared up.
Klondike Annie
Year: 1936

Director:
Raoul Walsh
The Frisco Doll: Now I'll tell ya - you people have been on the wrong track, and I'm gonna steer you right You'll never get anywhere because you don't know how to wrassle the devil. Tying a knot in his tail won't throw 'im on his back; you've gotta grab 'im by his horns - you've gotta know him, know his tricks. I know 'em, and how I know 'em! Why, I can make him say uncle - that is, if he's got an uncle.
Klondike Annie
Year: 1936

Director:
Raoul Walsh
The Frisco Doll: When caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried.
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: [to Slick Wiley] What'd you do? Get your hair cut or have your ears moved down?
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: Always remember, honey. A good motto is: "Take all you can get and give as little as possible". Don't forget, honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em!
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: Am I making myself clear, boys?
[in low voice]
Tira: Suckers.
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: Beulah, peel me a grape.
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: By the way, honey, you married or single?
Ernest Brown: Married five times.
Tira: Five times? Wedding bells must sound like an alarm clock to you.
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
Year: 1933

Director:
Wesley Ruggles
Tira: It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
-- Mae West (as Tira) in I'm No Angel (1933)