Stella:
Every man's ready to get married when the right girl comes along.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella:
I can hear you now: "Get out of my life, you wonderful woman. You're too good for me."
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella:
Intelligence. Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella:
When I married Miles, we were both a couple of maladjusted misfits. We are still maladjusted misfits, and we have loved every minute of it.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella:
When two people love each other, they come together - WHAM - like two taxis on Broadway.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella:
You'd think the rain would've cooled things down. All it did was make the heat wet.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Val McNulty:
Junior Kalinger? Oh, he's OK.
Ellen McNulty: Oh, go on, I've stepped on better things.
--Thelma Ritter (as Ellen McNulty) in The Mating Season
Ellen McNulty: Oh, go on, I've stepped on better things.
--Thelma Ritter (as Ellen McNulty) in The Mating Season
Candy:
You've been recommended as the best pickpocket stoolie in the business.
Moe Williams: What kind of talk is that, calling me a stoolie? I was brought up to report any injustice to the police authority. I call that being a solid citizen.
Candy: But you get paid for it.
Moe Williams: You gonna knock it?
--Thelma Ritter (as Moe Williams) in Pickup on South Street
Moe Williams: What kind of talk is that, calling me a stoolie? I was brought up to report any injustice to the police authority. I call that being a solid citizen.
Candy: But you get paid for it.
Moe Williams: You gonna knock it?
--Thelma Ritter (as Moe Williams) in Pickup on South Street
[regarding Jeff's telephoto lens]
Stella: Mind if I use that portable keyhole?
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella: Mind if I use that portable keyhole?
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Detective:
[referring to what was buried in Thorwald's flower bed] It's over in his apartment. In a hat box. Wanna look?
Stella: Oh, no thanks - I don't want any part of her.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
Stella: Oh, no thanks - I don't want any part of her.
--Thelma Ritter (as Stella) in Rear Window
