Ellen You stole my life.
Most-quoted character in The Quick and the Dead (1995): in 15 of its 37 quotes
Most scenes with: John Herod (5), Cort (3), Horace (2)
Some people deserve to die.
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13 scenes Ellen [walking up behind saloonkeeper, who's standing on a stool with his back to the door]
How about a room?
Whores next door.
Ellen Say that again.
I said whores next door.
Ellen [kicks the stool out from under him]
: Now, do you have a room available?
Uh, room and bath, yes ma'am. Coming up!
Ace Hanlon [shuffling a deck of cards]
You wanna play poker with me, little lady?
Ellen Looks like you're having a pretty good time playing with yourself.
Ace Hanlon This is a very special pack. [shows that it's all aces] See, I put an ace in every time I kill a man.
Blind Boy John Herod owns that house. He gets 50 cents of every dollar in this town.
Ellen What's the town get?
Blind Boy' Heh. They gets to live.
Scars You're purty.
Ellen You're not.
Scars I need a woman.
Ellen You need a bath.
I'm worth $3,000 in four states. Seventy-five offenses and no convictions. My name's Fee but, uh ... everyone calls me the Kid.
Ellen Congratulations.
I'm so damned fast I can wake up at the crack of dawn, rob two banks, a train and a stage coach, shoot the tail feathers off a duck's ass at 300 feet, and still be back in bed before you wake up next to me.
Ellen Sign me up!
No women in quick draw! It's against the rules!
No rule against ladies. It's just that women can't shoot for shit!
Ellen In case you forgot preacher, I saved your life last night.
No, I think you just stretched it out a bit. I might've even gone to heaven if you'd let me die.
Ellen Sorry.
Ellen Don't you even want to fight back?
Sure. I'd like to kill them all for what they've done. But I won't. Killing people is wrong.
Ellen Some people deserve to die.
Ellen Thought a man like you would have a woman.
I was married, to a beautiful woman. She was unfaithful.
Ellen Where is she now?
I told you, she was unfaithful.
I could give you more money than you could ever spend.
Ellen I wouldn't feel like I'd earned it.
Oh yes, you would.
Last night, The Kid. Tonight, Herod. You're a busy woman. Any man in this town you're not interested in?
Ellen Yeah: you.
Ellen [after Herod accepts the Kid's challenge]
You would fight your own son? I'm gonna kill you if I have to ride all the way to Hell to do it.
Do you have some particular problem with me?
Ellen I'll let you know.
You're not fast enough for me!
Ellen Today I am.
