Film Quotes by Thelma Ritter
55 quotes
Stella:
Every man's ready to get married when the right girl comes along.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Stella:
I can hear you now: "Get out of my life, you wonderful woman. You're too good for me."
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Stella:
Intelligence. Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Stella:
When I married Miles, we were both a couple of maladjusted misfits. We are still maladjusted misfits, and we have loved every minute of it.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Stella:
When two people love each other, they come together - WHAM - like two taxis on Broadway.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Stella:
You'd think the rain would've cooled things down. All it did was make the heat wet.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
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Thelma Ritter
(as Ellen McNulty)
in
The Mating Season
(1951)
Candy:
You've been recommended as the best pickpocket stoolie in the business.
Moe Williams: What kind of talk is that, calling me a stoolie? I was brought up to report any injustice to the police authority. I call that being a solid citizen.
Candy: But you get paid for it.
Moe Williams: You gonna knock it?
Moe Williams: What kind of talk is that, calling me a stoolie? I was brought up to report any injustice to the police authority. I call that being a solid citizen.
Candy: But you get paid for it.
Moe Williams: You gonna knock it?
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Thelma Ritter
(as Moe Williams)
in
Pickup on South Street
(1953)
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)
Detective:
[referring to what was buried in Thorwald's flower bed] It's over in his apartment. In a hat box. Wanna look?
Stella: Oh, no thanks - I don't want any part of her.
Stella: Oh, no thanks - I don't want any part of her.
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Thelma Ritter
(as Stella)
in
Rear Window
(1954)