Barbara Hershey movie quotes

“I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.”
Barbara Hershey

“- Hillary: I don't even remember what it was I was mad about and I don't care. Whatever it was that you did, I forgive you.
- CC Bloom: What I did? You and your lousy letters. Just to get one of them made me special even before I opened it. All your crappy stories, all your big dreams.
- Hillary: I didn't know that.
- CC Bloom: Well, what the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex
Bette Midler - CC Bloom

“- Hillary: I just want to get back to my hotel, but I can't remember the name!
- CC Bloom: Ritzy or Cheap?
- Hillary: I guess it's Ritzy.
- CC Bloom: Does it have a fountain in front, a pool inside, and a bunch of fruits in monkey suits playing violins in the lobby?
- Hillary: Yes! That's it!
- CC Bloom: You bet your ass it's Ritzy! It's the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex
Bette Midler - CC Bloom

“- Boxcar Bertha: I want somethin' I ain't ever had.
- Big Bill Shelly: How you gonna get that?
- Boxcar Bertha: Guts and luck.
- Big Bill Shelly: Luck! Hell, luck is bein' a Vanderbilt or a Carnegie.
- Boxcar Bertha: Just grabbin' somethin' good when it comes by.
- Big Bill Shelly: Sure, enough, honey.”
Barbara Hershey - Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine - Big Bill Shelly

“- Boxcar Bertha: I'd do anything you want. Wanna quit, we'll quit. We'll go away.
- Big Bill Shelly: I ain't a quitter. If you wanna leave, there are no chains on you, honey.
- Boxcar Bertha: You dumb.
- Big Bill Shelly: What do you mean?
- Boxcar Bertha: I ain't leavin'.”
Barbara Hershey - Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine - Big Bill Shelly

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”
Barbara Hershey - Boxcar Bertha

“- Harvey Hall: Where you goin' little lady?
- Boxcar Bertha: Ah, to Africa.
- Harvey Hall: Africa?
- Boxcar Bertha: I'm a missionary. I've dedicated my life to the black heathen.”
Harry Northup - Harvey Hall
Barbara Hershey - Boxcar Bertha

“It's a little disconcerting to realize that the smartest member of our expedition's the dog.”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

“Don't you want to see me before I die?”
Barbara Hershey - Jean Parker

“- Beth: The police are here.
- D-Fens: Beth, did you know that in some South American countries it's legal to kill your wife if she insults you?”
Barbara Hershey - Beth
Michael Douglas - D-Fens

“- Nora Tilley: If we went on a picnic it would be fun.
- Ernest Tilley: I don't understand a picnic. We go someplace, we put a thing on the ground and eat.
- Nora Tilley: Yeah, it's nice to do that.
- Ernest Tilley: Why? I don't get it. It's better sittin' in front of the TV.
- Nora Tilley: I happen to think there's somethin' nice about a...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barbara Hershey - Nora Tilley
Danny DeVito - Ernest Tilley

“I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.”
Barbara Hershey

“I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.”
Barbara Hershey

“- Professor Lillian Sloan: Bounty hunter?
- Tracker Lewis Gates: Please, civil servant. It sounds a little less...
- Professor Lillian Sloan: Barbaric?”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates

“- Cameron: What should I congratulate you for? The fucking scene or for fucking the director?
- Nina: For fucking the director, honey. Didn't you know that's how little girls get into the movies?”
Steve Railsback - Cameron
Barbara Hershey - Nina Franklin

“Elvis is dead, the government is not hiding UFOs, and there are no Indians in the Oxbow.”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

“- Professor Lillian Sloane: Good night, Gates.
- Tracker Lewis Gates: Good night, Doc. You're not gonna walk around naked in the morning, are you?
- Professor Lillian Sloane: I'll try to restrain myself.”

Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates

“- Hillary: Oh, for God’s sake. Don’t you get it? We’ve grown apart. It happens to the best of friends, it’s happened to us. We might as well face it.
- CC: You’re ridiculous.
- Hillary: I’m ridiculous?
- CC: We haven’t grown apart. You’ve fallen apart.”
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex
Bette Midler - CC Bloom

“- Professor Lillian Sloan: He's leader of the dog soldiers: next in line to be chief.
- Tracker Lewis Gates: I guess it takes a real man to shoot a dog.
- Professor Lillian Sloan: You should be happy they didn't eat him. Oh, didn't I tell you? That's the other reason they're called dog soldiers.”

Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates

“I was jealous. I was so jealous of you I couldn't see straight! You did everything you said you were going to do, everything! And your talent, this incredible talent! I can't even yodel!”
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex

“The government can spend all kinds of money teaching you how to be a fearless test pilot, but they don't spend a god-damned thing teaching you how to be the fearless wife of a fearless test pilot.”
Barbara Hershey - Glennis Yeager

“- Tracker Lewis Gates: We were riding the back country, making a river crossing. Her horse spooked, bucked her. I went in after her. Current was too strong. One second she was there, and... Her dad still blames me to this day.
- Professor Lillian Sloan: What else could you have done?
- Tracker Lewis Gates: Drowned.”

Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

“I'm not stubborn, I'm... right.”
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex

“Within the Cheyenne tribe there used to be a military society made up of the strongest and bravest men. They were fierce fighters - unyielding. They called themselves Chotometnea - dogmen.”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan

“- Professor Lillian Sloan: I told him we come in a good way, in peace. I also told him you were a great warrior who wasn't afraid to fight them all single-handedly.
- Tracker Lewis Gates: You've got to be kidding.
- Professor Lillian Sloan: The Cheyenne admire bravery. Let's just hope they don't put you to the test.”
Barbara Hershey - Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Tom Berenger - Lewis Gates