Film Quotes by Rosalind Russell
59 quotes
Year: 1940
Director:
Howard Hawks
Director:
Howard Hawks
Walter Burns:
Sorta wish you hadn't done that, Hildy.
Hildy Johnson: Done what?
Walter Burns: Divorced me. Makes a fella lose all faith in himself. Gives him a... almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
Hildy Johnson: Oh, now look, junior... that's what divorces are FOR!
Hildy Johnson: Done what?
Walter Burns: Divorced me. Makes a fella lose all faith in himself. Gives him a... almost gives him a feeling he wasn't wanted.
Hildy Johnson: Oh, now look, junior... that's what divorces are FOR!
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Rosalind Russell
(as Hildy Johnson)
in
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Year: 1940
Director:
Howard Hawks
Director:
Howard Hawks
Walter Burns:
There's been a lamp burning in the window for ya, honey... here.
Hildy Johnson: Oh, I jumped out that window a long time ago.
Hildy Johnson: Oh, I jumped out that window a long time ago.
--
Rosalind Russell
(as Hildy Johnson)
in
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Year: 1940
Director:
Howard Hawks
Director:
Howard Hawks
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Rosalind Russell
(as Hildy Johnson)
in
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Year: 1940
Director:
Howard Hawks
Director:
Howard Hawks
--
Rosalind Russell
(as Hildy Johnson)
in
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Year: 1966
Director:
Ida Lupino
Director:
Ida Lupino
Rachel Devery:
Couldn't we have uniforms, too, Reverend Mother?
Mother Superior: Most certainly not. The band will perform in their gym suits.
Rachel Devery: Our gym suits?
Mother Superior: Yes.
Mary Clancy: But, they're awful! I mean, it's not as if they were like Sacred Heart's. At Sacred Heart they wear short-shorts for gym.
Mother Superior: They're French.
Mother Superior: Most certainly not. The band will perform in their gym suits.
Rachel Devery: Our gym suits?
Mother Superior: Yes.
Mary Clancy: But, they're awful! I mean, it's not as if they were like Sacred Heart's. At Sacred Heart they wear short-shorts for gym.
Mother Superior: They're French.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
The Trouble with Angels
(1966)
Year: 1940
Director:
William Keighley
Director:
William Keighley
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook:
[after spending the night after the play on a park bench] Hey, you don't look bad for a girl who's just getting up in the morning!
Linda Paige Esterbrook: For a man who's been up all night you look great!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Don't get the idea that I'm an authority on girls getting up in the morning.
Linda Paige Esterbrook: Well, I'm not the last word on men staying up all night either.
Linda Paige Esterbrook: For a man who's been up all night you look great!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Don't get the idea that I'm an authority on girls getting up in the morning.
Linda Paige Esterbrook: Well, I'm not the last word on men staying up all night either.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
No Time for Comedy
(1940)
Year: 1945
Director:
Alexander Hall
Director:
Alexander Hall
Michael Kent:
[accidentally knocking her in the face with a door] Oh! I'm terribly sorry. Did it hurt you?
Dr. Susan Lane: No, no. It's hardly bleeding at all.
Dr. Susan Lane: No, no. It's hardly bleeding at all.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Year: 1948
Director:
Jack Gage
Director:
Jack Gage
Michael Morrell:
One of the basic rules of chess is that the king rarely moves.
Valerie Stanton: That's why so few women play it.
Valerie Stanton: That's why so few women play it.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
The Velvet Touch
(1948)
Year: 1945
Director:
Alexander Hall
Director:
Alexander Hall
Allura:
All my life, I have tried to keep away from men, but there is something about me.
Dr. Susan Lane: That's quite obvious.
Dr. Susan Lane: That's quite obvious.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Year: 1968
Director:
James Neilson
Director:
James Neilson
Sister Clarissa:
Twelve dollars and forty cents! My old bus wouldn't use that much gas in a month!
Mother Superior: It couldn't. It was usually in the shop, being repaired.
Mother Superior: It couldn't. It was usually in the shop, being repaired.
--
Rosalind Russell
in
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
(1968)