Famous lines from Mildred Pierce (1950)

The lines

20 of 21 lines. Famous lines like these turn up in the daily game.

• Well then why..Mildred

• Veda, don't talk like that!Mildred

• Especially when it looks like a sure thing.Wally

• You make me feel just like Little Red Riding Hood.Mildred

• It's a good thing California winters are so short.Mildred

• Aren't the pies bad enough? Did you have to degrade us?Veda

• You can go back to making your pies now, Mildred. We're through.Monte

• Oh I see. I think I understand now. How much of a share would your pride require, Monte?Mildred

• And I'm the Big Bad Wolf, huh? Naw, Mildred, you got me wrong. I'm a romantic guy but I'm no wolf.Wally

• I don't think you understand Veda very well. She's not like you. You'll never make a waitress out of her.Monte

• Then quit howling! I know you romantic guys. One crack about the beautiful moon and you're off to the races.Mildred

• Yes, I take money from you, Mildred. But not enough to make me like kitchens or cooks. They smell of grease.Monte

• You know, Mildred, in the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to what he's been thinking about all winter.Monte

• I can't marry you. I won't go on taking tips from you as I used to. Of course, if I owned a share in your business..Monte

• I took the only job I could get so you and your sister could eat and have a place to sleep and some clothes on your backs.Mildred

• I'm really not surprised. You've never spoken of your people, who you came from, so perhaps it's natural. Maybe that's why father..Veda

• I'm sorry I did that. I'd have rather cut off my hand. I never would have taken the job if I hadn't wanted to keep us all together.Mildred

• A mother's love leads to murder.

• Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

• The kind of Woman most men want but shouldn't have!