What a Woman! (1943)

Rosalind Russell: Carol Ainsley

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Quotes 

• Carol Ainsley : I've got to take him out to Hollywood and see that he's properly launched.

  Sen. Howard Ainsley : Couldn't you just crack a bottle over his head?

• Henry Pepper : Hello, everyone.

  Carol Ainsley : Well, what are you doing here?

  Henry Pepper : Me? I'm the best man.

• Carol Ainsley : [On the intercom]  Oh, uh, Pat, would you go in my personal files and bring in the leather-bound edition of the life of Carol Ainsley?

• Carol Ainsley : They're really lovely, Michael. It's very thoughtful of you. Take this clock, for instance. You shouldn't go spending your money like this.

  Michael Cobb : Money? Why, I'm rolling in it. I just stopped into my publisher's and they showed me my royalty statement. Why, if I don't start spending some of it, I'll clutter up the bank.

• Carol Ainsley : What do you do?

  Henry Pepper : I'm a spy.

• Carol Ainsley : Everything went blank, and suddenly I'm a bride to be.

• Michael Cobb : [Looking at the gifts that Carol has received but told Pepper that they are appreciations from members of a quartet that's a client of hers]  There's one more.

  Henry Pepper : One more what?

  Michael Cobb : Gift.

  Henry Pepper : Oh, did you send these?

  Michael Cobb : [Looking at Carol]  Oh, he didn't know?

  Carol Ainsley : No, he didn't know, but he knows now.

• Carol Ainsley : Any soap?

  Pat O'Shea : Not a bubble.

• Pat O'Shea : Hello, Carol. You sure look better than I feel.

  Carol Ainsley : Well, don't waste it on me. Well?

• Carol Ainsley : I want to talk to you.

  Henry Pepper : People usually knock.

  Carol Ainsley : I scratched.

  Henry Pepper : Now, look, the whole house is on the prowl. The next person in here will probably be Michael. And that wouldn't be so grand.

• Carol Ainsley : Uh, Michael, have you any idea how this happened?

  Michael Cobb : Well, darling, I spoke to the press tonight, but it was strictest confidence.

  [All the dinner guests at her father's house laugh] 

  Senator : The strictest confidence? Washington newspapers?

  [the group continues laughing] 

• Carol Ainsley : [On the phone with an actress client, Monica]  Oh, but there's no such thing, angel, as a small part - just small actresses. Wh... Oh, you get killed in the first reel. Oh, but darling, think how they're going to miss you throughout the rest of the picture.

• Carol Ainsley : [to Henry Pepper]  I've had my department work up a few notes on my childhood and the years between then and now.

  Henry Pepper : A few years?

• Henry Pepper : I'm not a cub reporter chasing headlines. I'm an associate editor. My assignment is you.

  Carol Ainsley : I still say you're wasting your time in Buxton.

  Henry Pepper : I Never waste my time, Miss Ainsley.