Billie Burke movie quotes

“Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.”
Billie Burke

“There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career. ”
Billie Burke

“Ah, that sad and bewildering moment when you are no longer the cherished darling, but must turn the corner and try to be funny.”
Billie Burke

Every now and then when I start being a little vague in a crisis, my child says: "See here, mother, you can't do that. You're not one of those women you play on the screen. They can step aside from reality, but you can't!".
Billie Burke

“- Senator Jummy Simpson: I've seen that girl somewhere before.
- Liza Prescott: She's a very particular friend of the director who's making this picture. He sticks her in every scene he can.”

Walter Kingsford - Senator Jummy Simpson
Billie Burke - Liza Prescott

“Trying to make these policemen understand something is harder than doing it yourself.”
Billie Burke - Mrs. Topper

“To survive [in Hollywood] you need the ambition of a Latin American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
Billie Burke

“- Mrs. Topper: I think its ridiculous for a man of your age to pursue young girls. What will the neighbors think?
- Cosmo Topper: I didn't pursue them, Clara. They forced themselves on me.
- Mrs. Topper: Don't be absurd! Imagine girls, pretty girls, forcing themselves on a paunchy, middle-aged man.”
Billie Burke - Mrs. Topper
Roland Young - Cosmo Topper

“- Topper's Chauffeur: It's awful dark down there.
- Mrs. Topper: Darkness never hurt anyone.
- Topper's Chauffeur: It ain't the darkness, Mrs. Topper. It's what's in it!”
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson - Topper's Chauffeur
Billie Burke - Mrs. Topper