Ethel Williams:
Waitress, waitress darling. Another round please.
Waitress: Are you sure, madam?
Ethel Williams: Madam is sure.
Waitress: Madam is crocked.
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Ethel Williams) in Boys' Night Out
Waitress: Are you sure, madam?
Ethel Williams: Madam is sure.
Waitress: Madam is crocked.
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Ethel Williams) in Boys' Night Out
Jessie Stevens:
[referring to John] Handsome. I wouldn't mind buying *that* for you.
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens:
I know you ought to be spanked with a hairbrush and sent back to school - public school - where they could pound some sense into you during recess.
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens:
Sorry I ever sent her to finishing school. I think they finished her there.
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Frances Stevens:
Maybe Mr. Houston doesn't care for gambling.
Jessie Stevens: Everyone likes to gamble in one way or another, even you!
Frances Stevens: I have an intense dislike for it.
Jessie Stevens: Francie, dear, when the stakes are right, you'll gamble!
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens: Everyone likes to gamble in one way or another, even you!
Frances Stevens: I have an intense dislike for it.
Jessie Stevens: Francie, dear, when the stakes are right, you'll gamble!
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Frances Stevens:
My nerves could stand a drink.
Jessie Stevens: Your nerves and your mother!
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens: Your nerves and your mother!
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Jessie Stevens) in To Catch a Thief
Clara Thornhill:
You gentlemen aren't REALLY trying to kill my son, are you?
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Clara Thornhill) in North by Northwest
--Jessie Royce Landis (as Clara Thornhill) in North by Northwest