Zelda Man is as silent as the grave. But if farts were flattery? Honey, he'd be Shakespeare
3rd most-quoted character in The Shape of Water (2017): in 7 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Strickland (2)
Some of the best minds in the country peein' all over the floor in this facility here
More lines from Zelda
4 quotes Zelda Zelda Short people are mean. I never met a short man that stays nice all the way through. No sir. Mean little backstabbers, all of 'em. Maybe it's the air down there. Not enough oxygen or somethin'.
Zelda [to Elisa]
Oh! Woman, we gon' burn in hell!
Zelda [to Elisa]
Yeah. That's good. Keep that up. Lookin' like you don't know anything.
Scenes with Zelda
2 scenes
What is she saying?
Y - O - U
Zelda Uh, I, I didn't catch it.
Zelda She, she is sayin' "Thank you"!
Zelda Alright, Brewster, I'm gonna fix your dinner, and then I'm gonna run out for a little while and help a friend.
Brewster
Help with what?
Zelda Help a friend. [a knock is heard on the door]
Brewster
Zelda... the door.
Zelda Well, you could help me and answer the door, Brewster. You're sitting right here just ten feet away from it!
Brewster
My back's aching me, woman. Now, move!
Zelda Your back, your back? Always your back!
Zelda [Zelda answers the door and Strickland storms right in]
Mr. Strickland. What are you doing here?
Brewster
Who's that man, Zelda?
Where is it? Where did you take it?
Zelda What are you talking about?
Brewster
Zelda!
The thing... in the lab. Where is it?
Brewster
[gets up from his chair]
Listen, fella--
SIT DOWN! [Brewster sits back down]
Zelda I'm sorry, sir. If I knew anything, I would surely tell you.
That story about Samson. I never told you how it ends. After the Philistines torture him... and blind him... Samson asks God for the strength he needs. And at the last minute, he is spared. And the Lord gives him his strength back... one last time. And he holds... the columns of the temple... with his powerful arms. And he crushes them. [rips his fingers off and exclaims loudly in pain] And he brings the whole building down on the Philistines. [tosses his fingers on the floor] He dies... but he gets every single one of those mother****ers. That is his WILL! Now, do you know what that particular story means... for us, Delilah? It means if you know something you're not telling me, you're gonna tell me either before or after I bring this particular temple... down upon our heads.
Brewster
Gal stole that thing right out the lab, whatever it is. Mute girl took it. I heard my wife talking on the phone about it.
Zelda [to Brewster; disgusted]
What have you done?
Brewster
Zelda.
Zelda [walks to the phone]
I gotta warn her! He's going after her--
Brewster
You will do no such thing, woman. Why you worried about her? She broke the law.
Zelda Shut up, Brewster! You shut up! Years, you don't talk... and now you can't shut your mouth! Damn you, Brewster. You wouldn't understand. Couldn't understand, not if you tried your whole life. [calls Elisa's place; Giles picks up]
Hello?
Zelda Giles, is that you?
Yes.
Zelda Okay. Put Elisa on the phone.
Zelda It's Zelda. Elisa, honey, make a sound on the phone if you can hear. [Elisa taps on the phone] Okay, good. He's coming for you. You gotta go now, and you gotta take that thing with you.
