Singin in the Rain Quotes
Don Lockwood : What's your lofty mission in life that lets you sneer at my humble profession?
Kathy Selden : I'm an actress...
Don Lockwood : Oh...
Kathy : ...on the stage.
Don Lockwood : Oh, on the stage, well I'd like to see you act, what are you in right now? I could brush up on my English, or bring along an interpreter, that is if they'd let in a *movie* actor.
Kathy Selden : I'm not in a play right now, but I will be. I'm going to New York...
Don Lockwood : Oh, you're going to New York and then some day we'll all hear of you, won't we? Kathy Selden as Juliet, as Lady Macbeth, as King Lear. You'll have to wear a beard for that one of course.
Kathy Selden : Laugh all you want, but at least the stage is a dignified profession.
Don Lockwood : [ scoffing ] Dignified profession.
Kathy : What do you have to be so conceited about? You're nothing but a shadow on film... just a shadow. You're not flesh and blood.
Don Lockwood : Oh, no? [ moves amorously towards her ]
Kathy : Stop!
Don Lockwood : What can I do to you, I'm only a shadow.
Kathy Selden : I'm an actress...
Don Lockwood : Oh...
Kathy : ...on the stage.
Don Lockwood : Oh, on the stage, well I'd like to see you act, what are you in right now? I could brush up on my English, or bring along an interpreter, that is if they'd let in a *movie* actor.
Kathy Selden : I'm not in a play right now, but I will be. I'm going to New York...
Don Lockwood : Oh, you're going to New York and then some day we'll all hear of you, won't we? Kathy Selden as Juliet, as Lady Macbeth, as King Lear. You'll have to wear a beard for that one of course.
Kathy Selden : Laugh all you want, but at least the stage is a dignified profession.
Don Lockwood : [ scoffing ] Dignified profession.
Kathy : What do you have to be so conceited about? You're nothing but a shadow on film... just a shadow. You're not flesh and blood.
Don Lockwood : Oh, no? [ moves amorously towards her ]
Kathy : Stop!
Don Lockwood : What can I do to you, I'm only a shadow.
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Girl in audience : [ about Lina ] She's so refined. I think I'll kill myself.
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R.F. Simpson : Lina, you were gorgeous!
Cosmo Brown : Yeah, Lina, you looked pretty good for a girl.
Cosmo Brown : Yeah, Lina, you looked pretty good for a girl.
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Don Lockwood : Now Lina, you've been reading all those fan magazines again! Now look Lina, you shouldn't believe all that banana oil Dora Bailey and the columnists dish out. Now try to get this straight: there is nothing between us. There has never been anything between us. Just air.
Lina : Oh, Donny, you don't mean that.
Lina : Oh, Donny, you don't mean that.
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Don Lockwood : What's the matter with that girl? Can't she take a gentle hint?
Cosmo Brown : Well haven't ya heard? She's irresistible. She told me so herself.
Cosmo Brown : Well haven't ya heard? She's irresistible. She told me so herself.
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Cosmo Brown : Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.
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Cosmo Brown : What's the first thing an actor learns? "The show must go on!' Come rain, come shine, come snow, come sleet, the show MUST go on!
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Kathy : You keep away from me! Just because you're a big movie star, wild parties, swimming pools, you expect every girl to fall in a dead faint at your feet. Well, don't you touch me!
Don Lockwood : [ chanting ] Fear not, sweet lady! I will not molest you. I am but a humble jester, and you? You are to far above me! [ he gets out of the car and closes the door on his coat tails ]
Don Lockwood : Farewell, Ethel Barrymore! I must tear myself from your side! [ Don tears his coat. Kathy guffaws as Don walks away ]
Don Lockwood : [ chanting ] Fear not, sweet lady! I will not molest you. I am but a humble jester, and you? You are to far above me! [ he gets out of the car and closes the door on his coat tails ]
Don Lockwood : Farewell, Ethel Barrymore! I must tear myself from your side! [ Don tears his coat. Kathy guffaws as Don walks away ]
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[ filming a scene with a microphone hidden in a bush ]
Rosco : Lina! We're missing every other word! You've got to talk into the mike!
Lina : [ pointing at the bush ] Well, I can't make love to a bush!
Rosco : Lina! We're missing every other word! You've got to talk into the mike!
Lina : [ pointing at the bush ] Well, I can't make love to a bush!
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Lina : You mean it's going to say on the screen that I don't talk and sing for myself?
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Cosmo Brown : The price of fame. You've got the glory, you gotta take the little heartaches that go with it. Now look at me: I've got no fame, I've got no glory, I've got no big mansions, I've got no money! But I've got - what have I got?
Don Lockwood : I don't know, what have you got?
Cosmo Brown : I gotta get out of here.
Don Lockwood : I don't know, what have you got?
Cosmo Brown : I gotta get out of here.
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Don Lockwood : [ to Kathy, after she jumps out of the cake ] Well, if it isn't Ethel Barrymore.
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Phoebe Dinsmore : [ giving Lina diction lessons ] Repeat after me - Tah, Tey, Tee, Toe, Too.
Lina Lamont : Tah, Tey, Tye, Tow, Tyo.
Phoebe Dinsmore : No, no, no Miss Lamont, Round tones, round tones. Now, let me hear you read your line.
Lina Lamont : And I cayn't stand'im.
Phoebe Dinsmore : And I can't stand him.
Lina Lamont : And I cayn't stand'im.
Phoebe Dinsmore : Can't.
Lina Lamont : Cayn't.
Phoebe Dinsmore : Caaaan't
Lina Lamont : Cayyyyn't
Lina Lamont : Tah, Tey, Tye, Tow, Tyo.
Phoebe Dinsmore : No, no, no Miss Lamont, Round tones, round tones. Now, let me hear you read your line.
Lina Lamont : And I cayn't stand'im.
Phoebe Dinsmore : And I can't stand him.
Lina Lamont : And I cayn't stand'im.
Phoebe Dinsmore : Can't.
Lina Lamont : Cayn't.
Phoebe Dinsmore : Caaaan't
Lina Lamont : Cayyyyn't
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Dora Bailey : Ladies and gentlemen, when you look at this gorgeous couple, it's no wonder they're a household name all over the world like... bacon and eggs. Lockwood and Lamont!
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Rosco : What's your name?
Don Lockwood : Don Lockwood sir, but the fellas all call me Donald.
Rosco : Wise guy, eh? All right, get this guy into Bert's suit! And remember Lockwood, you might be trading that fiddle in for a harp!
Don Lockwood : Don Lockwood sir, but the fellas all call me Donald.
Rosco : Wise guy, eh? All right, get this guy into Bert's suit! And remember Lockwood, you might be trading that fiddle in for a harp!
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Don Lockwood : Are you doing anything tonight, Miss Lamont? [ she shakes her head "no" ]
Don Lockwood : Well's that's funny - *I'm* busy.
Don Lockwood : Well's that's funny - *I'm* busy.
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Rod : Lina, you're a beautiful woman. Audiences think you've got a voice to match. The studio's gotta keep their stars from looking ridiculous at any cost.
Cosmo Brown : Nobody's got that much money.
Cosmo Brown : Nobody's got that much money.
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Man in talking pictures demonstration : Hello! This is a demonstration of a talking picture. Notice, it is a picture of me and I am talking. Note how my lips and the sound issuing from them are synchronized together in perfect unison.
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[ after the demonstration of a talking picture ]
R.F. Simpson : What do you think of it, Dexter?
Rosco : It'll never amount to a thing.
Olga : [ with heavy, snotty accent ] Its vulgar!
Cosmo Brown : That's what they said about the horseless carriage.
R.F. Simpson : What do you think of it, Dexter?
Rosco : It'll never amount to a thing.
Olga : [ with heavy, snotty accent ] Its vulgar!
Cosmo Brown : That's what they said about the horseless carriage.
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Don Lockwood : I just had to tell you how good you were.
Kathy Selden : Excuse me.
Don Lockwood : No, no, don't go. [ pointing to cake she came out of at beginning of scene ]
Don Lockwood : Now that I know where you live I'd like to see you home.
Kathy Selden : Excuse me.
Don Lockwood : No, no, don't go. [ pointing to cake she came out of at beginning of scene ]
Don Lockwood : Now that I know where you live I'd like to see you home.
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[ after Lina gets a pie thrown in her face ]
Cosmo Brown : Lina, You've never looked lovelier.
Cosmo Brown : Lina, You've never looked lovelier.
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Cosmo Brown : Gee, I'm glad you turned up, we've been looking inside every cake in town.
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[ after Cosmo's car breaks down ]
Don Lockwood : Don't tell me, it's a flat tire.
Cosmo Brown : I can't undertand it. This car hasn't given me a lick of trouble in nearly 6 hours.
Don Lockwood : Don't tell me, it's a flat tire.
Cosmo Brown : I can't undertand it. This car hasn't given me a lick of trouble in nearly 6 hours.
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[ after Don shows up late for a party ]
Cosmo Brown : Don, how did you come, by way of Australia?
Cosmo Brown : Don, how did you come, by way of Australia?
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Don Lockwood : Tell me the truth, am I a good actor?
Cosmo Brown : As long as I'm working for Monumental Pictures, you're the greatest of 'em all.
Cosmo Brown : As long as I'm working for Monumental Pictures, you're the greatest of 'em all.
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[ after Cosmo gives a good idea ]
R.F. Simpson : Cosmo, remind me to give you a raise. [ turns around ]
Cosmo Brown : Oh, R.F.
R.F. Simpson : Yes?
Cosmo Brown : Give me a raise.
R.F. Simpson : Cosmo, remind me to give you a raise. [ turns around ]
Cosmo Brown : Oh, R.F.
R.F. Simpson : Yes?
Cosmo Brown : Give me a raise.
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[ after picture is shown where Kathy is singing for Lina ]
Cosmo Brown : Lina, you were fabulous. You sang as good as Kathy Selden.
Cosmo Brown : Lina, you were fabulous. You sang as good as Kathy Selden.
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