Singin' in the Rain (1952) quotes

Director
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly.

Cast
Gene Kelly.
Donald O’Connor.
Debbie Reynolds. 

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

[desperately] Hey, Cos! Do something! Call me a cab!
– Don Lockwood
OK, you’re a cab.
– Cosmo Brown
[unimpressed] Thanks a lot!
– Don Lockwood

Oh Donny! You couldn’t kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy bit!
Lina
Meet the greatest actor in the world! I’d rather kiss a tarantula.
Don Lockwood
You don’t mean that.
Lina
I don’t – – Hey Joe, get me a tarantula.
Don Lockwood

Gee, this wig weighs a ton! What dope’d wear a thing like this?
– Lina Lamont
Everybody used to wear them, Lina.
– Rosco
Well, then everybody was a dope.
– Lina Lamont

Lina. She can’t act, she can’t sing, she can’t dance. A triple threat.
– Cosmo Brown

Make ’em laugh!
– Cosmo Brown

Lina, you’re a beautiful woman. Audiences think you’ve got a voice to match. The studio’s gotta keep their stars from looking ridiculous at any cost.
– Rod
Nobody’s got that much money.
– Cosmo Brown

Talking pictures, that means I’m out of a job. At last I can start suffering and write that symphony.
– Cosmo Brown
You’re not out of job, we’re putting you in as head of our new music department.
– R.F. Simpson
Oh, thanks, R.F.! At last I can stop suffering and write that symphony.
– Cosmo Brown

“People”? I ain’t “people.” I am a – “a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament.”
– Lina Lamont
[picks up newspaper]
It says so – right here.
– Lina Lamont

Lina! We’re missing every other word! You’ve got to talk into the mike!
– Rosco
[pointing at the bush] Well, I can’t make love to a bush!
– Lina

What’s wrong with the way I talk? What’s the big idea? Am I dumb or something?
– Lina

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. Moses he knowses his toeses aren’t roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be.
– Diction Coach

Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.
– Cosmo Brown

Gee, I’m glad you turned up, we’ve been looking inside every cake in town.
– Cosmo Brown