Some Like It Hot Quotes

Osgood Fielding III: Well, nobody's perfect.

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Joe: [trying to get Jerry to face reality regarding his engagement to Osgood] Jerry, Jerry, will you take my advice? Forget about the whole thing, will ya? Just keep telling yourself: you're a boy, you're a boy.
Jerry: I'm a boy.
Joe: That's the boy.
Jerry: [coming around] I'm a boy. I'm a boy. I wish I were dead. I'm a boy. Boy, oh boy, am I a boy. Now, what am I gonna do about my engagement present?
Joe: What engagement present?
Jerry: Osgood gave me a bracelet.
Joe: [takes it and inspects the stones with Beinstock's glasses] Hey, these are real diamonds!
Jerry: Of course they're real! What do you think? My fiance is a bum?

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Mulligan: What happened here?
Little Bonaparte: [referring to Spats and his thugs] There was something in that cake that didn't agree with them.
Mulligan: My compliments to the chef. Nobody leaves this room until I get the recipe.
Little Bonaparte: You wanna make a federal case of it?
Mulligan: [grabs the speaker of Little Bonaparte's hearing aid] Yeah!

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Osgood: You know, I've always been *fascinated* by show business.
Daphne: Is that so?
Osgood: Yes. As a matter of fact it's cost my family quite a bit of money.
Daphne: Oh, you invest in shows?
Osgood: Showgirls. I've been married seven or eight times.
Daphne: You're not sure?
Osgood: Mama is keeping score.

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Sugar: Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!

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Sugar: [pouring bourbon into paper cup] Turn the lights on.
Daphne: No lights, we don't want anyone to know we're having a party.
Sugar: But I might spill some.
Daphne: So spill it! Spills, thrills, laughs, and games. This may even turn out to be a surprise party.
Sugar: What's the surprise?
Daphne: Not yet.
Sugar: When?
Daphne: Better have a drink first.
Sugar: There. That'll put hair on your chest.
Daphne: No fair guessing.

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Sugar: [after running back to the room to tell Josephine about the millionaire, Joe's other alter ego, and finding she's not there] Well I'll be back later.
Jerry: Oh no you wait. I have a feeling she'll show up any minute.
Sugar: Believe it or not, Josephine predicted the whole thing.
Jerry: Yeah, this is one for Ripley.
Sugar: Do you suppose she went shopping?
Jerry: Shopping! That's it! Something tells me she's gonna come through that door in a brand new outfit!

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Joe : [ apologizing because the motor boat will only move backwards ] I'm afraid it may take a little longer.
Sugar : It's not how long it takes, it's who's taking you.

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Sugar : Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!

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Joe : [ trying to get Jerry to face reality regarding his engagement to Osgood ] Jerry, Jerry, will you take my advice? Forget about the whole thing, will ya? Just keep telling yourself: you're a boy, you're a boy.
Jerry : I'm a boy.
Joe : That's the boy.
Jerry : [ coming around ] I'm a boy. I'm a boy. I wish I were dead. I'm a boy. Boy, oh boy, am I a boy. Now, what am I gonna do about my engagement present?
Joe : What engagement present?
Jerry : Osgood gave me a bracelet.
Joe : [ takes it and inspects the stones with Beinstock's glasses ] Hey, these are real diamonds!
Jerry : Of course they're real! What do you think? My fiance is a bum?

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Joe - 'Josephine' : [ to Daphne ] . What are you afraid of? No-one's asking you to have a baby!

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Beinstock : [ as Daphne falls up the train steps ] . Whoops-a-daisy! [ smacks his bottom ]
Daphne : Fresh!

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Joe - 'Josephine' : [ grabbing Daphne by the collar ] . Daphne?
Daphne : Well I never did like the name Geraldine.

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Sugar : Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

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Jerry : Have I got things to tell you!
Joe : What happened?
Jerry : I'm engaged.
Joe : Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?
Jerry : I am!

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Jerry : Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!

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Jerry : Now you've done it! Now you have done it!
Joe : Done what?
Jerry : You tore off one of my chests!

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Joe : But, you're *not* a girl! You're a *guy*, and, why would a guy wanna marry a guy?
Jerry : Security!

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Joe : There's another problem.
Jerry : Like what?
Joe : Like, what are you gonna do on your honeymoon?
Jerry : We've been discussing that. He wants to go to the Riviera but I kinda lean towards Niagara Falls.

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Sugar : Water polo? Isn't that terribly dangerous?
Junior : I'll say. I had two ponies drowned under me.

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Joe : We didn't see anything!
Jerry : We didn't hear anything either!

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Joe : [ to Sugar ] The ship is in ship-shape shape.

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Joe : What are you worried about? This job is going to last a long time.
Jerry : Well, suppose it doesn't?
Joe : Jerry, boy, why do you have to paint everything so black? Suppose you got hit by a truck. Suppose the stock market crashes. Suppose Mary Pickford divorces Douglas Fairbanks. Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn!
Jerry : [ Jerry notices the badge of an undercover agent at a nearby table ] Joe...?
Joe : Suppose Lake Michigan overflows.
Jerry : Well, don't look now, but the whole town is underwater!

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Junior : Look, if are you interested in whether I am married or not?
Sugar : Oh, I'm not interested at all.
Junior : Well, I'm not.
Sugar : That's very interesting!

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[ at the booking office, trying to be hired ]
Joe : What kind of a band is this, anyway?
Sig Poliakoff : You gotta be under twenty-five.
Jerry : We could pass for that.
Sig Poliakoff : You gotta be blonde.
Jerry : We could dye our hair.
Sig Poliakoff : And you gotta be girls.
Jerry : We could...
Joe : No, we couldn't!

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Sig Poliakoff : You're the wrong shape. Goodbye!
Joe : What are you looking for - hunchbacks or something?
Sig Poliakoff : It's not the backs that worry me.

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Bouncer : [ examining a golf bag ] What's in here?
Henchman : My golf clubs, putter, niblick, number three iron.
Bouncer : [ pulling out a submachine gun ] what's this?
Henchman : My mashie!

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Sweet Sue : Idiot broads! Here we are, all packed, ready to leave for Miami, and what happens? The saxophone runs off with a Bible salesman, and the bass fiddle gets herself pregnant! Beinstock, I ought to fire you!
Beinstock : Me? I'm the manager of the band, not the night watchman.

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Osgood : [ to the elevator operator ] All right, driver, once around the park, slowly, and keep your eyes on the road.

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Osgood : [ referring to his mother ] Right now, she thinks I'm out there on my yacht - deep sea fishing!
Daphne : Well, pull in your reel, Mr. Fielding, you're barking up the wrong fish!

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