Gloria Grahame Quotes - Best Lines & Interviews

Memorable Quotes from Gloria Grahame

20 quotes

The Greatest Show on Earth

A Conversation Among Circus Characters

Angel Hey! Don't crowd, mister! Can't you see an elephant or do I have to paint her red?

[Sebastian almost drives his car into the elephant Angel is riding]

Sebastian I was blinded by the memory of a beautiful night in Paris.

Angel Blow up your water wings, girls, here comes the big wave! How come no husband ever shot you?

[to the other circus performers; to Sebastian]

Sebastian I never offer a sitting target.

Angel I thought I'd seen the last of you when you got mixed up with that wire walker in Lisbon.

Sebastian You will never see the last of me, Angel.

Klaus Angel!

[shouting]

Angel That will be arranged when you meet Klaus.

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The Big Heat

Sisters Under the Mink

Bertha Duncan Did Mr. Stone send you?

Debby Marsh No. I've been thinking about you and me, how much alike we are. The mink-coated girls.

Bertha Duncan I don't understand you. What are you here for, Miss Marsh?

Debby Marsh Debby - we should use first names, Bertha. We're sisters under the mink.

Bertha Duncan You're not making any sense, Miss Marsh. I'd better call Mr. Stone and have him pick you up. You're not well.

Debby Marsh I never felt better in my life!

[shoots Bertha]

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Conflict in a Sour Mood

Angel You are a sourpuss, aren't you?

Brad Braden Yeah.

Angel You want to bite somebody?

Brad Braden Yeah.

Angel Well, pick your spot.

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Marriage License as a Source of Warmth

Angel Listen, sugar, the only way that you can keep me warm is to wrap me up in a marriage license.

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In a Lonely Place

Subtlety in Love Scenes

Laurel Gray I love the love scene - it's very good.

[on a scene in Dix's script]

Dixon Steele Well that's because they're not always telling each other how much in love they are. A good love scene should be about something else besides love. For instance, this one. Me fixing grapefruit. You sitting over there, dopey, half-asleep. Anyone looking at us could tell we're in love.

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In a Lonely Place

A Brief Love Remembered

Laurel Gray I lived a few weeks while you loved me. Goodbye, Dix.

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The Big Heat

Questioning Intentions in a Cross-Examination

Debby Marsh I'd just stop the cross-examination. I didn't come up here to talk out of school.

Dave Bannion Why did you come up?

Debby Marsh Well, why don't we call it research or something?

Dave Bannion Or to needle Stone.

Debby Marsh Oh, well, you're about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs. Didn't you ever tell a girl pretty things? You know, she's got hair like the west wind, eyes like limpid pools, skin like velvet...?

Dave Bannion I'll put you in a cab.

[He turns away from her]

Debby Marsh Did I say something wrong?

Dave Bannion No.

Debby Marsh I must have broken one of the house rules. Do you really want me to go?

Dave Bannion I wouldn't touch anything of Vince Stone's with a ten foot pole.

Debby Marsh That's a rotten thing to say.

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The Big Heat

Perfume's Unexpected Effect on Attraction

Vince Stone Hey, that's nice perfume.

Debby Marsh Something new. It attracts mosquitoes and repels men.

Vince Stone It doesn't work that way with me.

Debby Marsh It's not supposed to.

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The Big Heat

Balancing Good and Bad in Relationships

Debby Marsh Most times, it's a lot of fun, expensive fun...He can be a pretty good guy, and then other times he can be - but why kick, you gotta take the bad with the good.

Dave Bannion Is the good good enough?

Debby Marsh Clothes, travel, expensive excitement, what's wrong with that?

Dave Bannion Nothing, if you don't care where his money comes from.

Debby Marsh The main thing is to have the money. I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.

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In a Lonely Place

A Mutual Understanding of Boundaries

Dixon Steele You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, "There she is - the one that's different. She's not coy or cute or corny. She's a good guy - I'm glad she's on my side. She speaks her mind and she knows what she wants.

Laurel Gray Thank you, sir. But let me add: I also know what I don't want - and I don't want to be rushed.

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In a Lonely Place

Loss of Meaning Over Time

Laurel Gray Yesterday, this would have meant so much to us. Now it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all.

[after the police tell her Dix is innocent]

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In a Lonely Place

Perceptions of Attractiveness and Affection

Dixon Steele You know, you're out of your mind - how can anyone like a face like this? Look at it...

Laurel Gray I said I liked it - I didn't say I wanted to kiss it.

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In a Lonely Place

Conflicting Promises of Love and Fear

Laurel Gray I'll stay with you, Dix, I promise. I'll stay with you. I love you, Dix. I'll marry you. I'll go away with you. Take me...

Dixon Steele You'd run away from me the first chance you get.

Laurel Gray Don't act like this, Dix, I can't live with a maniac.

Dixon Steele I'll never let you go.

[choking her]

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Comparing Personalities to Drinks

Angel Did he say you were like cognac? All fire in zee glass?

Holly No, he said I was like champagne. I made his head spin.

Angel Yeah, only you'll be the one who winds up with a hangover.

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The Big Heat

Appreciating Simplicity in Unremarkable Places

Debby Marsh (inspecting Bannion's cheap hotel room) "I like this. Early Nothing.

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The Big Heat

Embracing Imperfection and Life's Challenges

Debby Marsh I guess the scar isn't so bad, not if it's only on one side. I can always go through life sideways.

The Greatest Show on Earth

Flattery and Criticism in Conversation

Klaus Your legs are too thin, your hair is too red, you have lips like a cat. You're no good. You give me too much trouble.

Angel Flattery rolls right off me.

The Greatest Show on Earth

A Smile for the High-Flying Peacock

Klaus You always have a smile for that high-flying peacock.

Angel Well, what do you want me to do, cry over him?

In a Lonely Place

Unequal Perspectives on Privacy and Trust

Dixon Steele You know, Ms. Gray, you're one up on me - you can see into my apartment but I can't see into yours.

[noting the geography of their apartments]

Laurel Gray I promise you, I won't take advantage of it.

Dixon Steele I would, if it were the other way around.

In a Lonely Place

The Complexity of Trust and Violence

Laurel Gray Dix doesn't act like a normal person. You don't go around hitting people, smashing cars, torturing your best friend. I'm scared of him. I don't trust him. I'm not even sure he didn't kill Mildred Atkinson.

Mel Lippmann Laurel! You're going too far.

Laurel Gray Am I? Have you forgot what you asked me when we first met? You weren't sure of him either, and you knew him better than anybody else. Why can't he be like other people?

Mel Lippmann Like other people - would you have liked him? You knew he was dynamite - he has to explode sometimes! Years ago, I tried to make him go and see a psychiatrist. I thought he'd kill me! Always violent. Well it's as much a part of him as the color of his eyes, the shape of his head. He's Dix Steele. And if you want him, you've gotta take it all, the good with the bad. I've taken it for 20 years and I'd do it again.

Laurel Gray You make me feel ashamed, Mel.