Film Quotes by William Powell
67 quotes
Year: 1936
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Nora Charles:
Nickie, have you any pictures of yourself taken as a baby?
Nick Charles: [Trying to sleep] No.
Nora Charles: Aww, that's a shame. I want to see what you looked like.
Nick Charles: I'll have some taken in the morning.
Nick Charles: [Trying to sleep] No.
Nora Charles: Aww, that's a shame. I want to see what you looked like.
Nick Charles: I'll have some taken in the morning.
--
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
in
After the Thin Man
(1936)
Year: 1934
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Nora Charles:
Pretty girl.
Nick Charles: Yes. She's a very nice type.
Nora Charles: You got types?
Nick Charles: Only you, darling. Lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
Nick Charles: Yes. She's a very nice type.
Nora Charles: You got types?
Nick Charles: Only you, darling. Lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
--
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
in
The Thin Man
(1934)
Year: 1934
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Nora Charles:
You know, that sounds like an interesting case. Why don't you take it?
Nick Charles: I haven't the time. I'm much too busy seeing that you don't lose any of the money I married you for.
Nick Charles: I haven't the time. I'm much too busy seeing that you don't lose any of the money I married you for.
--
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
in
The Thin Man
(1934)
Year: 1936
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Master of Ceremonies:
Are you wanted by the police?
Godfrey: That's just the trouble. Nobody wants me.
Godfrey: That's just the trouble. Nobody wants me.
--
William Powell
(as Godfrey)
in
My Man Godfrey
(1936)
Year: 1939
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Policeman with flashlight:
We're going to have to shoot that mutt. We'll never find him like this.
Nick Charles: Wait a minute. He's not going to come running up to a lot of strange men with lights. What do you think he is? A moth?
Nick Charles: Wait a minute. He's not going to come running up to a lot of strange men with lights. What do you think he is? A moth?
--
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
in
Another Thin Man
(1939)
Year: 1934
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Reporter:
Well, can't you tell us anything about the case?
Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.
Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.
--
William Powell
(as Nick Charles)
in
The Thin Man
(1934)
Year: 1936
Director:
Stephen Roberts
Director:
Stephen Roberts
[Brad and Paula in the morgue]
Paula Bradford: My goodness, that looks just like a refrigerator. What is it?
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: A refrigerator.
Paula Bradford: My goodness, that looks just like a refrigerator. What is it?
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: A refrigerator.
--
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
[first lines]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Ah... Saturday, September twenty fifth. Another heavenly day. Ah, yes. Always a heavenly day.
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Ah... Saturday, September twenty fifth. Another heavenly day. Ah, yes. Always a heavenly day.
--
William Powell
(as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.)
in
Ziegfeld Follies
(1945)
Year: 1936
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Director:
Gregory La Cava
[tt the city dump]
Irene: Could you tell me why you live in a place like this when there's so many other nice places?
Godfrey: You really want to know?
Irene: Oh, I'm very curious.
Godfrey: It's because my real estate agent felt that the altitude would be very good for my asthma.
Irene: Could you tell me why you live in a place like this when there's so many other nice places?
Godfrey: You really want to know?
Irene: Oh, I'm very curious.
Godfrey: It's because my real estate agent felt that the altitude would be very good for my asthma.
--
William Powell
(as Godfrey)
in
My Man Godfrey
(1936)
Year: 1932
Director:
William Dieterle
Director:
William Dieterle
Johann Christian Lenz, Nightwatchman:
Always be suspicious. Don't be fooled by anybody. Anything strange, if it ain't more than a mouse's whisker -- call the police.
Robber: There's a man for you!
Robber: There's a man for you!
--
William Powell
(as The Robber)
in
Jewel Robbery
(1932)