Tied for 7th most-quoted character in Citizen Kane (1941): in 3 of its 68 quotes
Scenes with Thompson
3 scenes
Thompson [On Kane finishing Leland's bad review of Susan's opera singing]
Everybody knows that story, Mr. Leland. But why did he do it? How could a man write a notice like that?
You just don't know Charlie. He thought that by finishing that notice he could show me he was an honest man. He was always trying to prove something. The whole thing about Susie being an opera singer, that was trying to prove something. You know what the headline was the day before the election, "Candidate Kane found in love nest with quote, singer, unquote." He was gonna take the quotes off the singer.
Thompson He made an awful lot of money.
Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money... if all you want to do is make a lot of money.
FR Female reporter
If you could've found out what Rosebud meant, I bet that would've explained everything.
Thompson No, I don't think so; no. Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. Anyway, it wouldn't have explained anything... I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a... piece in a jigsaw puzzle... a missing piece.
Other characters in Citizen Kane
