My Man Godfrey (1936)
Carole Lombard: Irene Bullock
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Quotes
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[last lines]
[Irene is getting ready to marry a surprised Godfrey]
Irene : Stand still, Godfrey. It'll all be over in a minute.
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Irene : You have a wonderful sense of humor. I wish I had a sense of humor, but I can never think of the right thing to say until everybody's gone home.
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Irene : Godfrey loves me! He put me in the shower!
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Alexander Bullock : I've just been going over last month's bills, and I find that you people have confused me with the Treasury Department.
Cornelia Bullock : Oh, don't start that again, Dad.
Alexander Bullock : I don't mind giving the government 60% of what I make. But I can't do it when my family spends 50%!
Irene : Well, why should the government get more money than your own family?
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Irene : Godfrey's gonna be our butler.
Angelica Bullock : He's gonna be who's butler?
Irene : He's gonna work for us.
Angelica Bullock : Oh, that's ridiculous. You don't know anything about him. He hasn't any recommendations...
Irene : Well, the last one had recommendations and stole all the silver.
Angelica Bullock : Well, that was merely a coincidence.
Godfrey : People who take in stray cats say they make the best pets, madam.
Angelica Bullock : I don't see what cats have got to do with butlers.
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Detective : [notices Carlo by the french doors] Who's that?
Irene : It's mother's protegé.
Detective : No wisecracks. Is that your son?
Alexander Bullock : That? Say, listen. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I'll be hanged if I'll plead guilty to that!
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[Irene poses dramatically]
Cornelia Bullock : Oh, I remember that pose so well. I learned it in Dramatics School. It's Number 8 isn't it?
Faithful George : Yep, that's Number 8 all right.
Cornelia Bullock : Am I spoiling your act, dear?
Irene : [under her breath to Cornelia] I'll spoil something of yours someday and it won't be your act!
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Godfrey : Hasn't anyone ever told you about certain proprieties?
Irene : You use such lovely big words. I like big words. What does it mean?
Godfrey : Well, I'll try to simplify it. Hasn't your mother or anyone ever explained to you that some things are proper and some things are not?
Irene : No she hasn't. She rambles on quite a bit, but then she never has anything to say.
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Godfrey : But you want me to remain, don't you?
Irene : Oh, of course!
Godfrey : And I want to justify your faith in me by being a very good butler, and filling the void created by your late, lamented Pomeranian.
Irene : Oh, I've forgotten all about him. He had fleas, anyway. Besides, you're different. You use big words, and you're much cuter.
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Godfrey : Do you mind telling me just what a scavenger hunt is?
Irene : Well, a scavenger hunt is exactly like a treasure hunt, except in a treasure hunt you try to find something you want, and in a scavenger hunt you try to find something that nobody wants.
Godfrey : Hmm, like a forgotten man?
Irene : That's right, and the one who wins gets a prize, only there really isn't a prize. It's just the honor of winning, because all the money goes to charity, that is, if there is any money left over, but there never is.
Godfrey : Well, that clears the whole matter up beautifully.
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Irene : [visiting Godfrey's restaurant built on top of the old dump] Oh my, how you've fixed this place up, Godfrey! It's much nicer than when I was here before!
Godfrey : Oh, you've noticed that, huh?
Irene : Are the forgotten men having a party?
Godfrey : It's their annual reunion.
Irene : I saw the mayor out there. Is he one of them, too?
Godfrey : He's the guest of honor.
Irene : Oh, it's a lovely view - the view of the bridge. Is it always there?
Godfrey : Most always.
Irene : Oh, you have a kitchen! I'm gonna like this place very much.
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Godfrey : Why can't you let me alone?
Irene : Because you're my responsibility and someone has to take care of you.
Godfrey : I can take care of myself.
Irene : You can't look me in the eye and say that. You love me and you know it. You know, there's no sense in struggling against a thing when it's got you. It's got you and that's all there is to it - it's got you!
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Irene : Life is but an empty bubble.
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Cornelia Bullock : So Little Red Riding Hood didn't have enough feminine charm to trap a wolf her own age, so she falls in love with a butler and lives happily ever after on an ash pile. If you know what I mean.
Irene : I know what you mean, if you know what *I* mean.
Carlo : [entering the room] May I come in?
Cornelia Bullock : You're in, aren't you?
Carlo : Very interesting book. The Greeks of the Middle Ages.
Cornelia Bullock : Oh, Irene would like that. You love the middle ages, don't you, dear?
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Irene : [looking out the window of Godfrey's nightclub, which overlooks the Queensboro Bridge] Oh, it's a lovely view, the bridge and everything - Is it always there?
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Irene : [about Godfrey] He's my protegé.
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Irene Bullock : Well, if other people can have five children, so can other people.
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Cornelia Bullock : My life is precious to me.
Irene : It won't be in a minute!
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Cornelia Bullock : Little Red Riding Hood didn't have enough charm to trap a wolf of her own age, so she falls in love with the butler and lives happily ever after on an ashpile, if you know what I mean.
Irene : I know, if you know what I mean.