Agnes Stewart: Why aren't there enough men to go around?
Clara: There's no shortage. Just of the right kind.
Agnes Stewart: Ooh, I'm not fussy on that subject.
Clara: Neither am I.


--Joanne Woodward (as Clara Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer

Kenny: Hey Lila! When I was a kid, did you used to kiss me goodnight?
Lila Green: You're not a kid anymore.
Kenny: You kissed me last night.
Lila Green: Like I was your big sister!


--Joanne Woodward (as ) in The Stripper

Auctioneer: This is gonna be about the most expensive chicken supper you ever had, boy, but worth every cent of it, considering the charming company you're gonna be eating it in. I, uh, I hope you're gonna give him dessert for that price, Clara.
Clara: He'll get his just deserts, all right.


--Joanne Woodward (as Clara Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer

Nurse: The operation was a success. You're out of danger.
Rachel Cameron: How can I be out of danger if I'm not dead?


--Joanne Woodward (as Rachel Cameron) in Rachel, Rachel

[first lines]
Bud Corliss: Crying isn't going to help.
Dorothy Kingship: I just can't help it.


--Joanne Woodward (as Dorothy) in A Kiss Before Dying

[Last lines]
Rachel Cameron: [Thinking] Where I'm going, anything may happen. Nothing may happen. Maybe I'll find a friend. Maybe I'll even marry a middle-aged widower and have children in my time. Most of the chances are against it, but not, I think, quite all. It may be that my children will always be temporary, never to be held. But so are everyone's. I will be afraid, always. I may be lonely, always. What will happen? What will happen?


--Joanne Woodward (as Rachel Cameron) in Rachel, Rachel

Eve Black: Don't you want to get me one?
Ralph White: Well, I've never seen you take a drink before.
Eve Black: Honey, there are a lot of things you've never seen me do before. That's no sign I don't do 'em.


--Joanne Woodward (as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane) in The Three Faces of Eve