Rebecca Quotes
Orville Smithers: Sorry, honey, I guess you're not the type.
Rebecca Winstead: I can change my type. I'm very self-reliant.
Harry Kipper: But you didn't even let her finish her song!
Orville Smithers: The chief said he heard enough, and he's the one giving orders around here.
Harry Kipper: All right, but you're passing up the most colossal, the most...
Rebecca Winstead: You told him that once before, Uncle Harry, and it didn't do any good.
Rebecca Winstead: I can change my type. I'm very self-reliant.
Harry Kipper: But you didn't even let her finish her song!
Orville Smithers: The chief said he heard enough, and he's the one giving orders around here.
Harry Kipper: All right, but you're passing up the most colossal, the most...
Rebecca Winstead: You told him that once before, Uncle Harry, and it didn't do any good.
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Rebecca Winstead: Tony, when I grow up, will you marry me?
Tony Kent: Rebecca, I've never received a more flattering proposal, but I'm afraid it won't work out. You see, by the time you're ready to get married, I'll have a long gray beard.
Rebecca Winstead: Then will you marry Gwen? She's almost ready.
Tony Kent: Rebecca, I've never received a more flattering proposal, but I'm afraid it won't work out. You see, by the time you're ready to get married, I'll have a long gray beard.
Rebecca Winstead: Then will you marry Gwen? She's almost ready.
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Tony Kent: It's uncanny!
Gwen Warren: What is, Mr. Kent?
Tony Kent: We had a kid all set for our big program. She disappeared, and now it turns out to be Rebecca!
Gwen Warren: Why, it sounds like a fairy tale.
Tony Kent: It is!
Rebecca Winstead: I love fairy tales.
Tony Kent: My old pal Rebecca! Why didn't you tell me you'd tried out for my program?
Rebecca Winstead: I didn't know it was your program. Am I going to be on the radio after all?
Tony Kent: You bet you are! You'll be a sensation!
Rebecca Winstead: But I don't think Aunt Miranda will like it very much.
Tony Kent: Don't you worry about Aunt Miranda. I'll go over there this afternoon and sell her a bill of goods.
Homer Busby: Gonna have to be a mighty good salesman, Mr. Kent.
Gwen Warren: What is, Mr. Kent?
Tony Kent: We had a kid all set for our big program. She disappeared, and now it turns out to be Rebecca!
Gwen Warren: Why, it sounds like a fairy tale.
Tony Kent: It is!
Rebecca Winstead: I love fairy tales.
Tony Kent: My old pal Rebecca! Why didn't you tell me you'd tried out for my program?
Rebecca Winstead: I didn't know it was your program. Am I going to be on the radio after all?
Tony Kent: You bet you are! You'll be a sensation!
Rebecca Winstead: But I don't think Aunt Miranda will like it very much.
Tony Kent: Don't you worry about Aunt Miranda. I'll go over there this afternoon and sell her a bill of goods.
Homer Busby: Gonna have to be a mighty good salesman, Mr. Kent.
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Tony Kent: What's your hurry?
Rebecca Winstead: I was just trying to catch our pig.
Tony Kent: Don't you know you're trespassing?
Rebecca Winstead: What does that mean?
Tony Kent: It means you're very welcome.
Rebecca Winstead: Thank you, but I must catch our pig.
Rebecca Winstead: I was just trying to catch our pig.
Tony Kent: Don't you know you're trespassing?
Rebecca Winstead: What does that mean?
Tony Kent: It means you're very welcome.
Rebecca Winstead: Thank you, but I must catch our pig.
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Tony Kent: You did find that kid all right, didn't you?
Orville Smithers: Well, chief, it's this way. The detectives...
Tony Kent: Did you find her?
Orville Smithers: Don't get excited. There are a lot of other kids.
Tony Kent: Quit stalling. What's happened?
Orville Smithers: Well, chief, I lost Little Miss America.
Tony Kent: What? What do you mean you lost her?
Orville Smithers: It's not our fault. We went to her address, and the kid had gone. I tell you, we even hired detectives. That kid has vanished from the face of the earth.
Orville Smithers: Well, chief, it's this way. The detectives...
Tony Kent: Did you find her?
Orville Smithers: Don't get excited. There are a lot of other kids.
Tony Kent: Quit stalling. What's happened?
Orville Smithers: Well, chief, I lost Little Miss America.
Tony Kent: What? What do you mean you lost her?
Orville Smithers: It's not our fault. We went to her address, and the kid had gone. I tell you, we even hired detectives. That kid has vanished from the face of the earth.
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Jack Favell : I'd like to have your advice on how to live comfortably without hard work.
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Maxim de Winter : [ after he has asked her to marry him ] My suggestion doesn't seem to have gone at all well, i'm sorry.
The Second Mrs. de Winter : Oh but you don't understand! It's just that I, well i'm, not the person men marry.
The Second Mrs. de Winter : Oh but you don't understand! It's just that I, well i'm, not the person men marry.
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Mrs. de Winter : I wish I were a woman of 36, dressed in black satin with a string of pearls!
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Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper : Most girls would give their eyes for the chance to see Monte!
Maxim de Winter : Wouldn't that RATHER defeat the purpose?
Maxim de Winter : Wouldn't that RATHER defeat the purpose?
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[ urging Mrs. de Winter to jump out the window and end her misery ]
Mrs. Danvers : Go ahead. Jump. He never loved you, so why go on living? Jump and it will all be over...
Mrs. Danvers : Go ahead. Jump. He never loved you, so why go on living? Jump and it will all be over...
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Mrs. Danvers : [ as the second Mrs. de Winter runs into the room ] I watched you go down just as I watched her a year ago. Even in the same dress you couldn't compare.
The Second Mrs. de Winter : You knew it! You knew that she wore it, and yet you deliberately suggested I wear it. Why do you hate me? What have I done to you that you should ever hate me so?
Mrs. Danvers : You tried to take her place. You let him marry you. I've seen his face - his eyes. They're the same as those first weeks after she died. I used to listen to him, walking up and down, up and down, all night long, night after night, thinking of her, suffering torture because he lost her!
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ turning away in shame and shock ] I don't want to know, I don't want to know!
Mrs. Danvers : [ moving towards her ] You thought you could be Mrs. de Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers! But she's too strong for you. You can't fight her - no one ever got the better of her. Never, never. She was beaten in the end, but it wasn't a man, it wasn't a woman. It was the sea!
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ collapsing in tears on the bed ] Oh, stop it! Stop it! Oh, stop it!
Mrs. Danvers : [ opening the shutters ] You're overwrought, madam. I've opened a window for you. A little air will do you good. [ as the second Mrs. de Winter gets up and walks toward the window ]
Mrs. Danvers : Why don't you go? Why don't you leave Manderley? He doesn't need you... he's got his memories. He doesn't love you, he wants to be alone again with her. You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you? [ softly, almost hypnotically ]
Mrs. Danvers : Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on. Go on. Don't be afraid...
The Second Mrs. de Winter : You knew it! You knew that she wore it, and yet you deliberately suggested I wear it. Why do you hate me? What have I done to you that you should ever hate me so?
Mrs. Danvers : You tried to take her place. You let him marry you. I've seen his face - his eyes. They're the same as those first weeks after she died. I used to listen to him, walking up and down, up and down, all night long, night after night, thinking of her, suffering torture because he lost her!
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ turning away in shame and shock ] I don't want to know, I don't want to know!
Mrs. Danvers : [ moving towards her ] You thought you could be Mrs. de Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers! But she's too strong for you. You can't fight her - no one ever got the better of her. Never, never. She was beaten in the end, but it wasn't a man, it wasn't a woman. It was the sea!
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ collapsing in tears on the bed ] Oh, stop it! Stop it! Oh, stop it!
Mrs. Danvers : [ opening the shutters ] You're overwrought, madam. I've opened a window for you. A little air will do you good. [ as the second Mrs. de Winter gets up and walks toward the window ]
Mrs. Danvers : Why don't you go? Why don't you leave Manderley? He doesn't need you... he's got his memories. He doesn't love you, he wants to be alone again with her. You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you? [ softly, almost hypnotically ]
Mrs. Danvers : Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Why don't you? Go on. Go on. Don't be afraid...
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Mrs. Danvers : Oh, you've moved her brush, haven't you? [ moves it slightly ]
Mrs. Danvers : There, that's better. Just as she always laid it down. "Come on, Danny, hair drill," she would say. [ picks up the brush and goes through the motions of combing the second Mrs. De Winter's hair, without actually touching it ]
Mrs. Danvers : And I'd stand behind her like this and brush away for twenty minutes at a time. [ lays down the brush and looks at the portrait of Maxim ]
Mrs. Danvers : Then she would say, "Good night, Danny," and step into her bed.
Mrs. Danvers : There, that's better. Just as she always laid it down. "Come on, Danny, hair drill," she would say. [ picks up the brush and goes through the motions of combing the second Mrs. De Winter's hair, without actually touching it ]
Mrs. Danvers : And I'd stand behind her like this and brush away for twenty minutes at a time. [ lays down the brush and looks at the portrait of Maxim ]
Mrs. Danvers : Then she would say, "Good night, Danny," and step into her bed.
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Mrs. Danvers : [ brings out a negligee from under the bedcovers ] Did you ever see anything so delicate? [ motions the second Mrs. de Winter over ]
Mrs. Danvers : Look, you can see my hand through it!
Mrs. Danvers : Look, you can see my hand through it!
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Mrs. Danvers : [ just as the second Mrs. de Winter reaches for the door ] You wouldn't think she'd been gone so long, would you? Sometimes, when I walk along the corridor, I fancy I hear her just behind me. That quick light step, I couldn't mistake it anywhere. It's not only in this room, it's in all the rooms in the house. I can almost hear it now. [ turns to the petrified second Mrs. de Winter ]
Mrs. Danvers : Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ sobbing ] N-no, I don't believe it.
Mrs. Danvers : Sometimes, I wonder if she doesn't come back here to Manderley, to watch you and Mr. de Winter together. You look tired. Why don't you stay here a while and rest, and listen to the sea? It's so soothing. Listen to it. [ turning away towards the window as the second Mrs. de Winter slips out the door ]
Mrs. Danvers : Listen. Listen to the sea.
Mrs. Danvers : Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?
The Second Mrs. de Winter : [ sobbing ] N-no, I don't believe it.
Mrs. Danvers : Sometimes, I wonder if she doesn't come back here to Manderley, to watch you and Mr. de Winter together. You look tired. Why don't you stay here a while and rest, and listen to the sea? It's so soothing. Listen to it. [ turning away towards the window as the second Mrs. de Winter slips out the door ]
Mrs. Danvers : Listen. Listen to the sea.
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The Second Mrs. de Winter : No, it's not too late. You're not to say that. I love you more than anything in the world. Oh, please Maxim, kiss me please.
Maxim de Winter : No, it's no use. It's too late.
Maxim de Winter : No, it's no use. It's too late.
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Maxim de Winter : "I'll make a bargain with you," she said. "You'd look rather foolish trying to divorce me now after four days of marriage. So I'll play the part of a devoted wife, mistress of your precious Manderley. I'll make it the most famous showplace in England if you like. Then, people will visit us and envy us, and say we're the luckiest, happiest, couple in the country. What a grand show it will be! What a triumph!"
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Maxim de Winter : I can't forget what it's done to you. I've been thinking of nothing else since it happened. It's gone forever, that funny young, lost look I loved won't ever come back. I killed that when I told you about Rebecca. It's gone. In a few hours, you've grown so much older.
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Maxim de Winter : [ to his wife at breakfast ] Have a look at "The Times"; there's a thrilling article on what's the matter with English cricket!
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Maxim de Winter : I knew where Rebecca's body was, lying on that cabin floor on the bottom of the sea.
Mrs. de Winter : How did you know, Maxim?
Maxim de Winter : Because... I put it there.
Mrs. de Winter : How did you know, Maxim?
Maxim de Winter : Because... I put it there.
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Maxim de Winter : Please promise me never to wear black satin or pearls... or to be 36 years old.
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