“Mr. Skeffington” quotes

“I find one should never look for admirers while at the same time one is falling to bits.”
Claude Rains - Job Skeffington

“- MacMahon: Do you think all those years he's been sitting at home waiting for you?
- Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Well, he's always home when I get there.
- MacMahon: He's just got a faster car than you.”

Robert Shayne - MacMahon
Bette Davis - Fanny Trellis Skeffington

“I wanted to keep on crying but I didn't have the strength.”
Bette Davis - Fanny Trellis Skeffington

“- Job Skeffington: A woman is beautiful when she's loved, and only then.
- Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Nonsense. A woman is beautiful when she has eight hours' sleep and goes to the beauty parlor every day. And bone structure has a lot to do with it too.”
Claude Rains - Job Skeffington
Bette Davis - Fanny Trellis Skeffington

“You mustn't be too harsh on my secretaries. They were always very understanding when I came to the office after a hard day at home.”

Claude Rains - Job Skeffington

You're one of a vast army of Silly Women. Capital "S". Capital "W". You're over dressed, you're over made-up and you're most certainly over perfumed.

George Coulouris - Doctor Byles