Film Quotes by Thelma Ritter
55 quotes
Year: 1950
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Birdie:
What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Birdie)
in
All About Eve
(1950)
Year: 1951
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Ellen McNulty:
You don't know what it was like working with her yesterday. I felt like I was 21 again.
Val McNulty: Oh Malarky
Ellen McNulty: Look wiseguy, I didn't feel like I was 21 when I was 21.
Val McNulty: Oh Malarky
Ellen McNulty: Look wiseguy, I didn't feel like I was 21 when I was 21.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Ellen McNulty)
in
The Mating Season
(1951)
Year: 1961
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Isabelle Steers:
I never seen a town with so many people that didn't own a watch
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Isabelle Steers)
in
The Misfits
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Isabelle Steers:
One thing about this town, it's always full of interesting strangers.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Isabelle Steers)
in
The Misfits
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
John Huston
Director:
John Huston
Isabelle Steers:
The Leave It state. Ya got money you want to gamble? Leave it here. You got a wife you want to get ride of? Get rid of her here. Extra atom bomb you don't need? Blow it up here. Nobody's gonna mind in the slightest.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Isabelle Steers)
in
The Misfits
(1961)
Year: 1953
Director:
Henry Levin
Director:
Henry Levin
Lucy Cashdollar:
Don't forget, I'm a five time widow, and when they died they all left me everything they owned. Rest their souls.
Fortune Friendly: What do you want with me? I'm broke.
Lucy Cashdollar: Well, I figure after five rich husbands, the next one would be on the house.
Fortune Friendly: What do you want with me? I'm broke.
Lucy Cashdollar: Well, I figure after five rich husbands, the next one would be on the house.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Lucy Cashdollar)
in
The Farmer Takes a Wife
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Maude Young:
[running to the lifeboat] Give me one of them paddles!
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Maude Young)
in
Titanic
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Maude Young:
I've seen that look before. He's a runaway.
Earl Meeker: From what, some woman?
Maude: No, he's running too fast for that.
Earl Meeker: From what, some woman?
Maude: No, he's running too fast for that.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Maude Young)
in
Titanic
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Maude Young:
Where I come from this is either a revival meeting or a crap game.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Maude Young)
in
Titanic
(1953)
Year: 1953
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Maude:
[after Richard has rejected his son Norman and refused to play in the shuffleboard match with him] It certainly clouded up. Well, word'll do it faster than a hickory stick any time.
--
Thelma Ritter
(as Maude Young)
in
Titanic
(1953)