The Star (1952)
Bette Davis: Margaret Elliot
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Quotes
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[to her Oscar statuette]
Margaret Elliott : Come on, Oscar, let's you and me get drunk!
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Margaret Elliott : If you're a star you don't stop being a star.
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Peggy Morgan : Is it money? Do you want more from John?
Margaret Elliott : More money? I never asked Johnny for money.
Peggy Morgan : He's given you $2500 over the past two years.
Margaret Elliott : Well, I gave gim $ 25.000 when I divorced him so he could marry you.
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Jim Johannson aka Barry Lester : [while at the zoo, a seal is barking loudly] Listen to that seal!
Margaret Elliott : Sounds like my brother-in-law!
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Margaret Elliott : Haven't you ever cried because you're happy?
Gretchen : No.
Margaret Elliott : Well, you see, some people cry when they're happy and laugh when they're mad.
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Jim Johannson aka Barry Lester : You're confusing "what was" with "what is". That's why you got drunk last night and tried to kill yourself.
Margaret Elliott : [taken aback] Me? Kill myself? Hah! If I were to kill myself I'd rip the lid off this town first.
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Margaret Elliott : [Gretchen is leaning over the edge of Jim's sailboat] Be careful, Gretchen! If you fell over...
Jim Johannson aka Barry Lester : Oh, she won't. She's a good sailor.