Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)

Brigitte Bardot: Jeanne

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Quotes 

• Jeanne : I attract money like a magnet. One day, my poor old father asked, "Tell me, Jeanne. How will you earn a living later in life?" Then having said this, he had a heart attack and died. I inherit a fortune.

• Jeanne : "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." The Gospel according to St. John.

• Paul : Can I wash my hands?

  Jeanne : You look splendid with your dirty paws.

• Jeanne : I'm still young. For the moment, I'm rich. Well, I'm a poor little rich girl. Of course, if I had no money, I'd be a rich little poor girl. As I was saying, I am young and I am rich. And I'm not such a bad-looking woman. You see, life is good.

• Jeanne : Fate has always been like a lover.

• Jeanne : If we made love, would it be for the first and last time?

  Pierre Gonzague : Certainly.

  Jeanne : Well, I've been warned.

• Jeanne : Why seduce when you can destroy?

• Jeanne : Woe betide him who uses scandal to succeed. I had never noticed before that it's always woe betide *him*. Woe betide him - Yes, they're all for men.

• Jeanne : Seducing is nothing, Father. Conquering is the hard part.

• Jeanne : Pierre had attracted Jeanne because he was impossible. He was an impenetrable fortress, and Jeanne wanted to ride high into this forbidden citadel. That's the way she is.

• Jeanne : My curiosity knows no bounds.

• Jeanne : Are you driving me home or to a taxi?

  Pierre Gonzague : Where do you live?

  Jeanne : In a submarine.

  Pierre Gonzague : Then I shall have to drop you off.

• Jeanne : I don't like to be treated in the way I treat others. I don't like that one bit.

• Jeanne : I had revealed my true self. Never had I been so beautiful, yet so ugly. They're the same thing. He had seen me and it was too late. He knew who I was. He knew who he loved. And when a man knows these things, he's lost.

• Louis Prévost : I know we don't know each other, but still - haven't we met somewhere before?

  Jeanne : Possibly. I've been there before.

• Clara : Louis is a bit of a - savage. But I think all men are that way, aren't they?

  Jeanne : No, I was civilized.

  Clara : Yes, but you're not...

  Jeanne : A man? I was a man in another life.

• Jeanne : Around 400 years ago. It was wonderful in Spain back then. I was rich, noble, brave, and seduced every woman.

  Clara : It must have been fascinating.

  Jeanne : I was young. I died when I was 30.

• Jeanne : How is my Robinson? Brave Friday go to see white man, buy supplies for at least three days.

  Pierre Gonzague : Robinson help Friday carry packages.

  Jeanne : Is good. Is good. Meat, canned foods, salmon, eel, crab, shrimp, extremely expensive French wine, vodka.

• Jeanne : Men today have become an endangered species. What a shame. What a burden.

  Clara : Burden?

  Jeanne : Now women have to do all the work. It's true!

• Paul : Did you ever see him again?

  Jeanne : His wife divorced him. And I can't stand ex-lovers who turn to drinking.

  Paul : Even if despair drives them to it?

  Jeanne : That's none of my business.

• Jeanne : Aren't you ashamed? Debauchery. Voluptuous pleasure. Happiness. What a disgrace.

  Pierre Gonzague : Yes, what a disgrace.

• Louis Prévost : That's how savages behave?

  Jeanne : I'm terribly frightened. You are strong, mean and horrible.

  Louis Prévost : A cannibal.

  Jeanne : That too?

  Louis Prévost : One day, I'll eat you. I just love French cuisine.

• Louis Prévost : Jeanne, was this little ménage à trois your idea? Do you know this will be a first for us?

  Jeanne : What's he saying?

  Clara : I don't know.

  Louis Prévost : I'm not against the idea. On the contrary. I think it's a great idea.

  Clara : You think we should?

  Jeanne : You're not chickening out, are you?

• Jeanne : Come and get it. Don't be scared. I'm only a woman.

  Paul : I'm not scared.

  Jeanne : Men are all cowards.

• Jeanne : I have done many horrible things. If I wrote a book of memoirs, it would be censored. It would be a thick book. A long one. With adventures that are totally inane, but true. If only you knew.

• Jeanne : It was bound to happen. And it could only have happened to me.

• Jeanne : The more I know men, the higher the price.

  Léporella : Which price is that?

  Jeanne : Mine.

• Jeanne : Isn't what I'm doing erotic enough for you?

  Clara : Oh, that's not bad either.

• Paul : Jeanne, did you kill someone? Yes or no?

  Jeanne : Yes, I think so. No, I'm sure of it.

• Paul : You are a monster.

  Jeanne : A monster? Yes, that's true.

• Jeanne : The first time I laid eyes on you, I saw you were revolting and ridiculous.

  Louis Prévost : Bitch.

  Jeanne : How could you possibly think for a second that I was interested in you? You didn't understand that it was all a matter of possessing you. That's all it was. To possess you through Clara. You didn't understand that.

  [Louis slaps her four times] 

  Jeanne : Go ahead. Go on. Are you a man or a mouse?

  Louis Prévost : [slaps Jeanne again four times]  You slut!

• Paul : Why do you always seek to discover the most vile aspects of everyone? Why show them their weaknesses? That is the real sin, Jeanne. It's worse than murder.

  Jeanne : I can't win with you. For once, I did a good deed. I ridicule some jerk and you judge me. It's discouraging.

• Louis Prévost : Were you sleeping?

  Jeanne : As you can see. And you? Are you sleepwalking?

  Louis Prévost : I am in my bed dreaming about you.

  Jeanne : Don't forget you are dreaming, Louis.

• Léporella : He's calling you. Don't go.

  Jeanne : I'm going.

• Le guitariste : What do you want?

  Jeanne : Whatever you want.

• Jeanne : Do you love me?

  Le guitariste : Yes.

  Jeanne : Do you want us to make love here? Are you ready to give up everything?

  Le guitariste : Yes.

  Jeanne : Life?

  Le guitariste : Is that all? That is nothing. Is that all you want?

• Jeanne : You know what men are? No? They are... out of style. "What about you, Jeanne?" Out of style, me? Not really. Good job, Jeanne. High honors.

  Léporella : You hate men.

  Jeanne : You're mistaken. You're gravely mistaken.

• Jeanne : He's a ghost. I don't believe in ghosts.

• Jeanne : I almost never lie.