Film Quotes by William Powell
67 quotes
Year: 1944
Director:
Alexander Hall*Vincente Minnelli
Director:
Alexander Hall*Vincente Minnelli
Vicky Whitley:
Good, ahead, shoot me. I wouldn't blame you.
William S. Whitley: Well... I'm sorry, but I'm not shooting anybody except by appointment.
William S. Whitley: Well... I'm sorry, but I'm not shooting anybody except by appointment.
--
William Powell
(as William S. Whitley)
in
The Heavenly Body
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Alexander Hall*Vincente Minnelli
Director:
Alexander Hall*Vincente Minnelli
Vicky Whitley:
How did you live? How did you eat?
William S. Whitley: I shot my food.
Vicky Whitley: Quail?
[Sound of tally-ho bugle is heard on the soundtrack]
William S. Whitley: Soup!
[He indicates a pile of tin cans]
William S. Whitley: Noodle soup!
William S. Whitley: I shot my food.
Vicky Whitley: Quail?
[Sound of tally-ho bugle is heard on the soundtrack]
William S. Whitley: Soup!
[He indicates a pile of tin cans]
William S. Whitley: Noodle soup!
--
William Powell
(as William S. Whitley)
in
The Heavenly Body
(1944)
Year: 1937
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Charles Lodge:
Don't think, you're an actor.
--
William Powell
(as Charles Lodge)
in
Double Wedding
(1937)
Year: 1937
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Charles Lodge:
Women don't like noble, self-sacrificing men. Women are not civilized like we are. They like bloodshed. They like forceful men, like me.
--
William Powell
(as Charles Lodge)
in
Double Wedding
(1937)
Year: 1936
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Dr. Lawrence Bradford:
[to Nick Martel] In exactly twenty-eight minutes I have to start opening a gentleman's stomach. Maybe I can do as much for you some day.
--
William Powell
in
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Dr. Lawrence Bradford:
[to Paula] I like things the way they are now. I can pick up my paper in the morning, read about a murder, and enjoy it.
--
William Powell
in
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Dr. Lawrence Bradford:
Don't tell him what happened.
Paula Bradford: I don't know what happened!
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: Neither do I.
Paula Bradford: I don't know what happened!
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: Neither do I.
--
William Powell
in
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Year: 1936
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Dr. Lawrence Bradford:
Say, what is this... a frame-up?
Paula Bradford: Oh, well, you know, "Great minds..."
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: No, I don't know any great minds.
Paula Bradford: Oh, well, you know, "Great minds..."
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: No, I don't know any great minds.
--
William Powell
in
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Year: 1945
Director:
Lemuel Ayers*Roy Del Ruth*Robert Lewis*Vincente Minnelli*Merrill Pye*George Sidney*Charles Walters
Director:
Lemuel Ayers*Roy Del Ruth*Robert Lewis*Vincente Minnelli*Merrill Pye*George Sidney*Charles Walters
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.:
Children play with the dreams of tomorrow. And old men play with the memories of yesterday.
--
William Powell
(as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.)
in
Ziegfeld Follies
(1945)
Year: 1936
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Godfrey:
Do you mind telling me just what a scavenger hunt is?
Irene: Well, a scavenger hunt is exactly like a treasure hunt, except in a treasure hunt you try to find something you want, and in a scavenger hunt you try to find something that nobody wants.
Godfrey: Hmm, like a forgotten man?
Irene: That's right, and the one who wins gets a prize, only there really isn't a prize. It's just the honor of winning, because all the money goes to charity, that is, if there is any money left over, but there never is.
Godfrey: Well, that clears the whole matter up beautifully.
Irene: Well, a scavenger hunt is exactly like a treasure hunt, except in a treasure hunt you try to find something you want, and in a scavenger hunt you try to find something that nobody wants.
Godfrey: Hmm, like a forgotten man?
Irene: That's right, and the one who wins gets a prize, only there really isn't a prize. It's just the honor of winning, because all the money goes to charity, that is, if there is any money left over, but there never is.
Godfrey: Well, that clears the whole matter up beautifully.
--
William Powell
(as Godfrey)
in
My Man Godfrey
(1936)