Sweet Smell of Success Quotes

J.J. Hunsecker: Everybody knows Manny Davis - except Mrs. Manny Davis.

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J.J. Hunsecker: I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.

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J.J. Hunsecker: Mr. Falco, let it be said at once, is a man of 40 faces, not one - none to pretty, and all deceptive. You see that grin? That's the, eh, that's the Charming Street Urchin face. It's part of his helpless act: he throws himself upon your mercy. He's got a half-dozen faces for the ladies. But the one I like, the really cute one, is the quick, dependable chap. Nothing he won't do for you in a pinch - so he says. Mr. Falco, whom I did not invite to sit at this table tonight, is a hungry press agent, and fully up to all the tricks of his very slimy trade. [Pulls out an unlit cigarette and faces Falco]
J.J. Hunsecker: Match me, Sidney.
Sidney Falco: Not right this minute, J.J.

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Sidney Falco: [to Susan] Start thinking with your head instead of your hips. [pause]
Sidney Falco: Uh - by the way, I got nothing against women thinking with their hips. That's their nature. Just like it's a *man's* nature to go out and hustle and get the things he wants.

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Sidney Falco: He thinks JJ's some kind of a monster...
Susan Hunsecker: Don't you?
Sidney Falco: Susie, JJ happens to be one of my very best friends!
Susan Hunsecker: I know. But someday I'd like to look into your clever little mind and see what you really think of him.
Sidney Falco: Where do you come off, making a remark like that?
Susan Hunsecker: Who could love a man who makes you jump through burning hoops like a trained poodle?

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Sidney Falco: If I'm gonna go out on a limb for you, you gotta know what's involved!
J.J. Hunsecker: My right hand hasn't seen my left hand in thirty years.

Movie: Sweet Smell of Success