Ginger Rogers movie quotes

“Those pictures I made with Fred Astaire will hold up on today's TV and all types of people praise them. They were made for sheer entertainment, fun and yes, we had fun making them, though in those days before the Screen Actors Guild we'd sometimes work through the nights, two days at a time. And at the end of those long stretches, that's when...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ginger Rogers

“- Barnaby: Do you regret not having married him?
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: Look who's talking! What about Elvira Bliss?
- Barnaby: Oh, for heaven's sake. Elvira Bliss. That was in grammar school.
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: I know. She was the teacher.”
Cary Grant - Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers - Mrs. Edwina Fulton

“- Barnaby: Edwina, imagine: people never aging.
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: Oh, it sounds frightening.”
Cary Grant - Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers - Mrs. Edwina Fulton

“- Barnaby: I was just thinking, it's queer about people.
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: What about people?
- Barnaby: Through no fault of their own they get older.
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: Now, that's a profound remark.
- Barnaby: They get older, something happens to them.
- Mrs. Edwina Fulton: Are you referring to me Barnaby?
- Barnaby: Nah, I was...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cary Grant - Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers - Mrs. Edwina Fulton

“When I dance with you, I want to dance with all of you. I don't want your brain to be somewhere else.”

Ginger Rogers - Mrs. Edwina Fulton

“- Jerry Travers: I'm sorry! I didn't realize I was disturbing you. You see, every once in a while I suddenly find myself... dancing.
- Dale Tremont: Oh, I suppose it's some kind of an affliction.”
Fred Astaire - Jerry Travers
Ginger Rogers - Dale Tremont

“The biggest reason a celebrity loses his old friends is that unless they become celebrities too, they can't compete with you, spending-wise. Even the few who wish to try.”
Ginger Rogers

“- Jean Maitland: I think it's very unselfish of those little animals to give up their lives to keep other animals warm.
- Linda Shaw: You know, they're very smart little animals. They never give up their lives for the wrong people.”
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland
Gail Patrick - Linda Shaw

“There's a lot of living to do in this world. And if you're worthwhile, you get hurt.”
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle

“- Dale Tremont: Madge, have you any objections if I scare your husband so that he'll never look at another woman?
- Madge Hardwick: Dale, no husband is ever too scared to look.”
Ginger Rogers - Dale Tremont
Helen Broderick - Madge Hardwick

“- Fred Ayres: The trick is to keep your mind a blank.
- Honey Hale: With that music?”
Fred Astaire - Fred Ayres
Ginger Rogers - Honey Hale

“- Anthony Powell: It's a wonderful little view. It's a beautiful city! Just like a fairyland. It's full of color, romance, illusion, glamour.
- Jean Maitland: Maybe it depends on which window you see it from.”
Adolphe Menjou - Anthony Powell
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland

“You're the kind of people Hitler counted on when he started this war. Talk! Talk! Talk! And never think!”

Ginger Rogers - Jo Jones

“- Jean Maitland: I wish I'd been born lucky instead of beautiful and hungry.
- Anthony Powell: You can't have everything. You are beautiful. I'm the lucky one.”
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland
Adolphe Menjou - Anthony Powell

“- Jean Maitland: I didn't like the way he looked at me.
- Annie: You should be glad he looked at you at all.
- Jean Maitland: He kinda makes you feel like you ought to run home and put on a tin overcoat.”
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland
Ann Miller - Annie

“- Susan Applegate: What do you expect me to do?
- Lucy Hill: Help.”
Ginger Rogers - Susan Applegate
Diana Lynn - Lucy Hill

“I'm through. After one year and 25 jobs in New York, Susan Applegate is signing off. Signing off and going right back where she came from.”

Ginger Rogers - Susan Applegate

“I've never worried much about his family because I've always had a funny idea that I'm just as good as they are.”

Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle

“- Terry Randall: I see that, in addition to your other charms, you have that insolence generated by an inferior upbringing.
- Jean Maitland: Hmm! Fancy clothes, fancy language and everything!
- Terry Randall: Unfortunately, I learned to speak English correctly.”
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland

“No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!”
Ginger Rogers - Penny Carroll

“I didn't ask to marry a Strafford, a Strafford asked to marry me. I married a man, not an institution or a trust fund or a bank.”
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle

“I think you underestimate us, Major Kirby. Perhaps all a woman wants is to be a photograph a soldier tacks above his bunk or a stupid lock of hair in the back of his watch.”

Ginger Rogers - Susan Applegate

“- Kitty Foyle: Don't you worry about me, Pop. Because I can take care of myself all right. Goodbye, Pop.
- Tom Foyle: Take care of yourself. By Judas Priest, you're going to break your heart.”
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
Ernest Cossart - Tom Foyle

“We started off on the wrong foot. Let's stay that way.”

Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland

“- Kitty Foyle: I thought we had a date tonight.
- Mark Eisen: What do you think's been going here for the last three hours?
- Kitty Foyle: Well, for one thing, I've slowly grown to hate you.”
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
James Craig - Mark Eisen