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 Irene Dunne Quotation"No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father." "[Comedy] demands more timing, pace, shading and subtlety of emphasis. It is difficult to learn but once it is acquired it can be easily slowed down and becomes an excellent foundation for dramatic acting." "Whenever I have to weep for the cameras, I prefer to cry real tears..., provided I have enough time to recover my emotions before I make the 'take'. But if I have to do another and greatly different scene afterward...it frequently is easier on my emotions just to put glycerine or some other tear substitute in my eyes." "When we have learned to love our neighbour, not just ourselves, no matter where we come from, then America will be perfect." "Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the Fatherhood of God is like having the spokes of a wheel without the hub." Movie Title: The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) as Susan Dunn's landlady: [Of Susan.] Susan Dunn's landlady : Such a nice young thing. Not a bit like an American. Movie Title: The Awful Truth (1937) as Lucy Warriner: Lucy Warriner : I've seen your picture in the paper and wondered what you looked like. Lucy Warriner : You've come back and caught me in the truth, and there's nothing less logical than the truth. Armand Duvalle : I am a great teacher, not a great lover. Lucy Warriner : That's right, Armand. No one could ever accuse you of being a great lover. Lucy Warriner : You're all confused, aren't you? Jerry Warriner : Aren't you? Lucy Warriner : No. Jerry Warriner : Well you should be, because you're wrong about things being different because they're not the same. Things are different except in a different way. You're still the same, only I've been a fool... but I'm not now. Lucy Warriner : Oh. Jerry Warriner : So long as I'm different don't you thing that... well maybe things could be the same again... only a little different, huh? Jerry Warriner : What did you tell him? Lucy Warriner : I told him the truth, and strange enough, he believed me. Movie Title: Life with Father (1947) as Vinnie: Clarence Day : Jiminy, another wreck on the New Haven. That always disturbs the stock market. Father won't like that. Vinnie : I do wish the New Haven would stop having wrecks. If they knew how much it upsets your father. Father : What's that doing in here? Vinnie : That's our new rubber plant. Father : The place for rubber plants is on the equator. Take that object out, Catherine. You're not Catherine. Annie : No, sir. Father : Good. Never liked Catherine, anyway. Rev. Dr. Lloyd : After considerable thought, we voted that out supporting members should each contribute a sum equal to the cost of their pew. Father : I paid $5,000 for that pew. Vinnie : Yes, Clare, that makes out contribution $5,000. Father : That's robbery. Do you know what that pew is worth today? $3,000. That's what the last one sold for. I've taken a dead loss on that pew of $2,000 already. Frank Bags sold me that pew when the market was at its peak. He knew when to get out. And I'm warning you, Vinnie. If the market ever goes up, I'm going to unload that pew! Vinnie : But Clare, they're just staying in that little room of Clarence's. Father : The trouble is, they don't stay there. They stay in the bathroom. Every time I want to take a bath, it's full of giggling females washing their hair! Father : I don't go to church to be preached at as though I were some lost sheep. Vinnie : Clare, you don't seem to understand what the Church is for. Father : Vinnie, if there's one place the Church should leave alone, it's a man's soul! Vinnie : Is that suit of your father's too tight for you? Clarence Day : No, it's not too tight. Vinnie : Well, what is it? Clarence Day : Mother, very peculiar things have happened since I started to wear this suit. I can't seem to make these clothes do anything Father wouldn't do. Vinnie : Oh, that's nonsense. And not to kneel in church is a sacrilege. Clarence Day : Making Father's trousers kneel seemed like more of a sacrilege. Vinnie : I do the best I can to keep down expenses. You know yourself Cousin Phoebe spends twice as much as we do. Father : Don't talk to me about your cousin Phoebe. Vinnie : You talk about your own relatives enough. Vinnie : That's not fair, Vinnie. When I talk about my relatives, I criticize them. Vinnie : That's the loveliest ring you ever bought me. Now that I have this, you needn't buy me any more rings. Father : Well, if you don't want anymore . . . Vinnie : What I'd really like now is a nice diamond necklace. Father : You're going to every house where you sold a bottle of that concoction and buy it all back. John Day : But it's a dollar a bottle. Father : I don't care how much it is. Here, I'll give you the money now. How many bottles did you sell? Father : A hundred and twenty-eight. Father : A hundred and twenty-eight! Vinnie : Clare, I always told you John would make a good businessman. Father : Young man, you'll have to come down to my office with me. I'll give you the money to buy back that medicine. $128, and $10 more for Mrs. Sprague's dog, that's $138. But it's all coming out of your allowance. That means you'll not get another penny until the whole $138 is paid up. John Day : [does math on his fingers] I'll be twenty-one years old! Movie Title: It Grows on Trees (1952) as Polly Baxter: Polly Baxter : Well, for your information, in case you're interested, I have more brains in my head than most people have in their little fingers! Movie Title: Show Boat (1936) as Magnolia: Magnolia : I never complained. I've lived like this half the time - washing clothes, cooking food over a gas jet, but I loved him. And if all that came with him, I was willing to take care of it. I thought he knew that. Julie : [to Magnolia] Once a girl like you starts to love a man, she don't stop so easy. Magnolia : Well, couldn't you stop loving Steve if he treated you mean? Julie : No, honey, no matter what he did. Movie Title: My Favorite Wife (1940) as Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve: Nick Arden : The moment I saw you I knew... Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : I bet you say that to all your wives. |
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