She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Mae West: Lady Lou

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• Lady Lou : I always did like a man in a uniform. That one fits you grand. Why don't you come up some time and see me?

• Lady Lou : Yes, I wasn't always rich.

  Pearl : No?

  Lady Lou : No, there was a time I didn't know where my next husband was coming from.

• Lady Lou : Listen, when women go wrong, men go right after them.

• Captain Cummings : Haven't you ever met a man that could make you happy?

  Lady Lou : Sure, lots of times.

• Captain Cummings : Well, surely you don't mind my holding your hand?

  Lady Lou : It ain't heavy - I can hold it myself.

• Lady Lou : Wait till you see this. For the bedroom. A little bit spicy, but not too raw, you know what I mean?

• Serge Stanieff : I am delighted. I have heard so much about you.

  Lady Lou : Yeah, but you can't prove it.

• Captain Cummings : You bad girl.

  Lady Lou : Mmm, you'll find out.

• Bobo : [in prison]  Say, Lou, how 'bout give me another chance when I get out.

  Lady Lou : When do you get out?

  Bobo : Fifteen years.

  Lady Lou : That's a date.

• Serge Stanieff : I swear I shall make you happy. I shall die to make you happy.

  Lady Lou : Mmm, but you wouldn't be much use to me dead.

• Lady Lou : Come up again - any time.

  Serge Stanieff : I shall, then I hope you will be alone.

  Lady Lou : So do I, warm, dark and handsome.

• Captain Cummings : I'm sorry you think more of your diamonds than you do of your soul.

  Lady Lou : I'm sorry you think more of my soul than you do of my diamonds.

• Serge Stanieff : The men in my country go wild about women with yellow hair.

  Lady Lou : I'm glad you told me. I wanna keep straight on my geography.

• Pearl : I wouldn't want no policeman to catch me without no petticoat.

  Lady Lou : No policeman? How about a nice fireman?

• Lady Lou : You know, it was a toss up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

• Old Woman : Ah, Lady Lou, you're a fine gal, a fine woman.

  Lady Lou : One of the finest women ever walked the streets.

• Captain Cummings : I'm anxious not to see you mixed up in it. But I guess I'm taking your time.

  Lady Lou : What do you suppose my time's for?

• [Captain Cummings approaches Lou with a pair of handcuffs] 

  Lady Lou : Those absolutely necessary? You know I wasn't born with them.

  Captain Cummings : No. A lot of men would've been safer if you had.

  Lady Lou : Oh, I don't know - hands ain't everything.

• Russian Rita : So, the minute my back is turned, I find you making love to another woman.

  Lady Lou : Whad'ya expect he'd be doin'? A boy with a gift like that should be workin' at it.

• Lady Lou : You said I had a soul. I looked for it, but I didn't find it.

• Captain Cummings : Well I... I gotta be getting back to the mission. Sally's father is waiting for me.

  Lady Lou : Hmm, that oughta be interesting.

• [Lady Lou shares the latest photographs of herself] 

  Serge Stanieff : They are wonderful but, uh, I like best that marvelous painting of you in the bar.

  Lady Lou : Oh, yeah, I gotta admit that is a flash, but I do wish Gus hadn't hung it up over the free lunch.

• Gus Jordan : So you met a man who wouldn't fall for you, eh?

  Lady Lou : Who wants him to fall? Why he'd be the kind the woman'd have to marry to get rid of.

• Pearl : Your bath is ready Miss Lou.

  Lady Lou : You take it, I'm indisposed.

• Lady Lou : [to Captain Cummings]  You can be had.

• Lady Lou : Why don't you come up sometime, huh?

  Captain Cummings : Well, I...

  Lady Lou : Don't be afraid. I won't tell.

  Captain Cummings : But, eh...

  Lady Lou : Come up. I'll tell your fortune.

• Frances : Say, Lou, you fallin' for that bloke?

  Lady Lou : Oh, it ain't nothin' serious, but there was somethin' just wonderful about him.

• Lady Lou : What was he? Married?

  Sally : Yes, but I didn't know.

  Lady Lou : Makes no difference to me whether you did or not. Men's all alike, married or single. It's their game. I happen to be smart enough to play it their way. You'll come to it.

• Captain Cummings : I'd like to have a word with you when it's convenient.

  Lady Lou : I've been saving a little time for you. Come up in a few minutes.

• Lady Lou : [handing over a diamond necklace]  Here's your twelve thousand.

  Jacobson : How do I know it is?

  Lady Lou : Because I say so. You never heard of me cheatin' anyone, did ya?

  Jacobson : No, no. Not about money.

• Lady Lou : Diamonds is my career.

• Lady Lou : That's it. Loosen up. Unbend. You'll fell better.

• Lady Lou : What do you want for that building?

  Jacobson : You mean how much if I'm selling or how much if I'm paying taxes?

• Russian Rita : Serge is my new assistant, Lou.

  Lady Lou : Day or night work, Rita?

• Sally : How did you know there was a man?

  Lady Lou : There always is. It takes two to get one in trouble.

• Pearl : What I means is, you ain't never been in the circumstances where the wolf came to your door.

  Lady Lou : The wolf at my door? Why, I remember when he came right into my room and had pups.

• Russian Rita : What about this poor creature, Lou?

  Lady Lou : Oh, some guy done her wrong. The story's so old it should have been set to music long ago.

• Lady Lou : Listen, Eight Ball, what're you doin'? Workin' for me or sleepin' for me?

• Lady Lou : Pearl? Pearl?

  Pearl : I's comin'. I's comin'.

  Lady Lou : Yeah, you's comin', your head is bendin' low. Now, get here before winter.

  Pearl : Well, here I is.

  Lady Lou : Oh, here you is.

• Lady Lou : I ain't the sentimental kind.

• Pearl : He ain't like the other men you done made history of.

  Lady Lou : No, that's what makes him kinda interestin'. Wouldn't hurt me any to have a new kind of man added to my record, would it?

  Pearl : Goodness me, Miss Lou.

• Lady Lou : I'm home every evening.

  Captain Cummings : Yeah, but I'm busy every evening.

  Lady Lou : Busy? Say, what are you trying to do, insult me?

• Spider Kane : he'll listen to you.

  Lady Lou : Who won't? Once I get them, they're branded.

• Serge Stanieff : I shall die to make you happy.

  Lady Lou : But you wouldn't be much use to me dead.

• Lady Lou : I wish he'd forget me, but the guy is a memory expert.

• Russian Rita : My pin! What do you mean by taking my pin?

  Lady Lou : I didn't take your pin, he gave it to me.

  Russian Rita : Well, I want it back right now!

  Lady Lou : You try and get it. I wouldn't give you this here thing now for spite. If you asked me for it the right way you coulda had it. I got all the rocks I want, but I'll keep this here thing now to remember you by.

• Sally : You know everything about me.

  Lady Lou : I wouldn't say that, but I am observant.

• Lady Lou : Spill it. I ain't afraid. My conscience is clear. Leastwise, I think it is.

• Spider Kane : Chick is pretty bad when he wants to be. You don't want him feeding you bullets.

  Lady Lou : I don't exactly want to be dodging around in tin corsets.

• Lady Lou : Two against one, Doheney, so flap your heels.

• Lady Lou : You can be had.

• Lady Lou : Here's your $12,000.

  Jacobson : How do I know it is?

  Lady Lou : Because I say so. You never heard of me cheating anyone, did you?

  Jacobson : No. Not about money.

  Lady Lou : Now, listen, that sounds like a slam. But coming from you, I'll let it pass.

• Lady Lou : [singing]  There's been much excitement and more to be, You can hear her moaning from early morn, I wonder where my Easy Rider's gone, I wonder where my Easy Rider's gone, I wonder where my Easy Rider's gone...

• Chick Clark : You're mine. I'm telling you again, if you ever double-cross me - if you ever let another man come between us - I'll kill you.

  Lady Lou : Goodbye, Chick. I'll remember to be - good for you.

• Lady Lou : Don't talk like that, Chick. I've been working.

  Chick Clark : Working? Working who?

• Lady Lou : Who is this here guy they call the Hawk?

  Dan Flynn : He's the slickest bird in the business.

• Lady Lou : So you've come to me to find another woman. I don't know and I wouldn't tell you if I did.

• Lady Lou : What are you trying to do, scare me, Dan? When I need protection, I'll write you a letter.

• Lady Lou : [singing]  I can spot an amateur, Appreciate a connoisseur, At his trade...

• Lady Lou : Cigarette?

  Captain Cummings : No, thanks. I don't smoke.

  Lady Lou : Yes, I guess smoking is gonna make a man look effeminate before long.

• Lady Lou : You're acting kind of funny. Have I done anything you don't like?

  Gus Jordan : No. Not exactly.

• Serge Stanieff : I could not stay away.

  Lady Lou : I was kind of expecting that.

• Lady Lou : [singing]  I'm a fast-moving girl, That likes them slow...

• Lady Lou : [singing]  He was her man, And he was doing her wrong...

• Lady Lou : You, the Hawk. A night bird working in the dark.

• Lady Lou : I ain't ice.

• Lady Lou : I hope you ain't sending them girls to the coast to become classy dips and burglars.

• Lady Lou : You do that, Spider?

  Gus Jordan : What?

  Lady Lou : Something I had to do, and didn't have the time to do it and Spider did it for me.

• Lady Lou : [disgusted]  You, the Hawk: a night bird working in the dark, stealing the confidence of people: the lowest kind of a thief!