Rejection quotes

“It's okay to tell them no sometimes, too, you know. Moms need to be tough.”
Miranda Cosgrove - Margo

“You lice! You rats! You refuse me? There is no gentler dove in all Babylon than I.”
Constance Talmadge - Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl

- Jane: We know how much you loved Mom's car, so we're giving it to you.
- Eleanor "Nell" Vance: You're taking away my home and giving me a twenty year old car?
Virginia Madsen - Jane
Lili Taylor - Nell

“- Dot: The guys paid a dollar apiece to find out if you're single.
- Lydia Callahan: Tell the guys I have five husbands, each one rich, mean and jealous. I'll be rotatin' them through on a weekly basis.
- Dot: That line will be all over the valley by breakfast.
- Lydia Callahan: Oh, just tell 'em I own a rifle.”
Andrea Menard - Dot
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Lydia Callahan

“- Grandfather: You think you can just drop her into my life then take her away again? I won't allow it! She can't stay here.
- Dete: She's got to, she's your granddaughter.
- Grandfather: No! I don't have a granddaughter, not anymore.”

Jason Robards - Grandfather
Jane Hazlegrove - Dete

“- Daniel Cleaver: Come on Bridget, we belong together: you, me, your little skirt. If I can't make it with you then I can't make it with anyone.
- Bridget Jones: That's not a good enough offer for me.”
Hugh Grant - Daniel Cleaver
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones

- Gates: I got a proposition for ya.
- Hudson Hawk: Answer is "no" Gates... Even if you bathe.
Burtt Harris - Gates
Bruce Willis - Hudson Hawk

“- Disco Cabbie: You need to find yourself a man who's secure enough to appreciate you for the superior woman that you are. I like a strong woman.
- Ellie: Oh... yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Disco Cabbie: And you are a strong woman. If I was you, I would pull over with me and celebrate our strength together. What do you think about that, baby?
- Ellie: This...” (continue)(continue reading)

Janeane Garofalo - Ellie
Dave Chappelle - Disco Cabbie

“- Hank Taylor: I'll buy you a cigar.
- J. Lester Chisholm: I don't like cigars.
- Hank Taylor: Don't you worry about it! I'll smoke it myself.”
Burgess Meredith - Hank Taylor
Charles Butterworth - J. Lester Chisholm

“- Petal: Find yourself a girlfriend.
- Quoyle: I don't want a girlfriend, I want you.
- Petal: Your funeral.”
Cate Blanchett - Petal
Kevin Spacey - Quoyle

“I can't afford to work for only ten thousand dollars a week.”

Mary Pickford

“- Ricky Linderman: You're a pretty good fighter back there. I have this idea. Will you be my body guard? I'll pay fifty cents every day. I'll do your homework for you. I'm pretty smart.
- Clifford Peache: Not interested.”
Adam Baldwin - Linderman
Chris Makepeace - Clifford

“- Massarelli: One last time: are you gay?
- Jane: Yes I am. I bet a lot of women tell you that. But in my case, it happens to be true.”
Dennis Boutsikaris - Massarelli
Whoopi Goldberg - Jane

“I'd hoped Scott would look up to me, run the business of the family, head an evil empire just like his dear old dad, give him my love and the things I never had. Scott would think I was a cool guy, return the love I have, make me want to cry, be evil, but have my feelings too, change my life with Oprah and Maya Angelou. But Scott rejected me,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Mike Myers - Dr. Evil

“I was the only actor who never tried to have sex with Linda Darnell, and the only one to have resisted her advances.”

Anthony Quinn

“- Queen Mousette: Do something Caribbean.
- Elwood Blues: Uh, ma'am, we're the Blues Brothers. We do blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk, soul. We can handle rock, pop, country, heavy metal, fusion, hip hop, rap, Motown, operetta, show tunes. In fact, we've even been called upon, on occasion, to do a polka! However Caribbean is a type of music, I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Erykah Badu - Queen Mousette
Dan Aykroyd - Elwood Blues

“If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor', I beg you to slap me.”
Johnny Depp

“- Jane Greathouse: You used to make me hotter than a June bride sitting bareback on a depot stove but I don't share my bed with the law.
- Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett: And I don't keep with whores no more so ain't we both content.”
Jenny Wright - Jane Greathouse
William Petersen - Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett

“- Jack: Do you want to marry me?
- Sylvia: No... but thank you for asking.”
Ted Danson - Jack
Nancy Travis - Sylvia

“If I were attacked by a pack of wild subterranean bush pigs and you possessed the only bush pig blaster in the universe, I would not want your company!”

Cindy Williams - Annie McHugh

“I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it.”
Harrison Ford

“I can remember getting rejected systematically by casting directors as a young kid. I felt like the biggest outsider there ever was; that I'd never belong in that club.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“Drugs? Everyone has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“- Meg Magrath: So how are things with you, Babe?
- Chick Boyle: Things are dismal if you want my opinion. She's refusing to cooperate with her lawyer, that nice looking young Lloyd boy, and she won't tell any of us why she's committed this heinous crime.”

Jessica Lange - Meg Magrath
Tess Harper - Chick Boyle

“- Reverend Parris: Why did Goody Proctor discharge you from her service?
- Abigail Williams: Because I refused to be her slave.”
Bruce Davison - Reverend Parris
Winona Ryder - Abigail Williams