Leon:
I'll picket your whole country! I'll boycott you! No more vodka! No more caviar! No more Tchaikovsky! No more borscht!
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
Leon:
It's midnight. Look at the clock, one hand has met the other hand, they kiss. Isn't that wonderful?
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
Leon:
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
Leon:
What kind of a girl are you, anyway?
Ninotchka: Just what you see. A tiny cog in the great wheel of evolution.
Leon: You're the most adorable cog I've ever seen.
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
Ninotchka: Just what you see. A tiny cog in the great wheel of evolution.
Leon: You're the most adorable cog I've ever seen.
--Melvyn Douglas (as Leon) in Ninotchka
Lt.:
Tell me, what sort of a trip did you have, eh? Pretty rough?
Capt. Remy Baudoin: Not bad. There was an episode with some crocodiles. I thought for a moment I was gone. But it appears they prefer dark meat.
Lt.: Boatman?
[casually]
Lt.: Too bad.
--Melvyn Douglas (as ) in Prestige
Capt. Remy Baudoin: Not bad. There was an episode with some crocodiles. I thought for a moment I was gone. But it appears they prefer dark meat.
Lt.: Boatman?
[casually]
Lt.: Too bad.
--Melvyn Douglas (as ) in Prestige
Luke Jordan:
I apologise.
Susan Caldwell aka Estrellita: [smiling] Apology accepted. And no offense taken I'm sure.
Luke Jordan: Thank you very much. I'm sure.
[pause]
Luke Jordan: Gladly.
--Melvyn Douglas (as Luke Jordan) in A Woman's Secret
Susan Caldwell aka Estrellita: [smiling] Apology accepted. And no offense taken I'm sure.
Luke Jordan: Thank you very much. I'm sure.
[pause]
Luke Jordan: Gladly.
--Melvyn Douglas (as Luke Jordan) in A Woman's Secret
Michael Grant:
Not too heavy, not too light, eat more fish, sits just right.
--Melvyn Douglas (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
--Melvyn Douglas (as ) in Theodora Goes Wild
The Dansker, sailmaker:
[At Billy's court-martial] I look around and sense finality here.
--Melvyn Douglas (as The Dansker, sailmaker) in Billy Budd
--Melvyn Douglas (as The Dansker, sailmaker) in Billy Budd
[Billy and the Dansker have just witnessed a flogging]
Billy Budd: What was his crime?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Any one of many possible reasons.
Billy Budd: You mean you don't know what he did?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!
--Melvyn Douglas (as The Dansker, sailmaker) in Billy Budd
Billy Budd: What was his crime?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Any one of many possible reasons.
Billy Budd: You mean you don't know what he did?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!
--Melvyn Douglas (as The Dansker, sailmaker) in Billy Budd
[Morgan slowly opens the door]
Morgan: [groaning and muttering]
Roger Penderel: Even Welsh ought not to sound like that!
--Melvyn Douglas (as Roger Penderel) in The Old Dark House
Morgan: [groaning and muttering]
Roger Penderel: Even Welsh ought not to sound like that!
--Melvyn Douglas (as Roger Penderel) in The Old Dark House
