Don Lockwood Ladies and Gentlemen. Stop that girl. That girl running up the aisle - stop her. That's the girl whose voice you heard and loved tonight. She's the real star of the picture. Kathy Selden.
Tied for most-quoted character in Singin' in the Rain (1952): in 10 of its 22 quotes
Most scenes with: Cosmo Brown (4), Lina Lamont (3), Kathy Selden (2)
Now Lina, you've been reading those fan magazines again. Now look Lina, you shouldn't believe all that banana oil that Dora Bailey and the columnists dish out. Now try to get this straight. There is nothing between us. There has never been anything between us. Just air.
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8 scenes Don [about Lina]
What's the matter with that girl? Can't she take a gentle hint?
Well, haven't you heard? She's irresistible. She told me so herself.
Don Hey Cos, do something, call me a cab.
OK, you're a cab.
Don Well, we movie stars get the glory. I guess we have to take the little heartaches that go with it. People think we lead lives of glamour and romance, but we're really lonely - terribly lonely.
I don't go to the movies much - if you've seen one, you've seen them all...Oh, no offense. Movies are entertaining enough for the masses, but the personalities on the screen just don't impress me. I mean, they don't talk. They don't act. They just make a lot of dumb show...
...
Acting means great parts, wonderful lines, speaking of glorious words, Shakespeare, Ibsen.
Don Words, tell me, what's your lofty mission in life that lets you sneer at my humble profession?
I'm an actress.
Don What?...
On the stage.
Don Oh, on the stage. Well, I'd like to see you act. What are you in right now? I could brush up on my English, or uh, bring along an interpreter, that is, if they'd let in a movie actor.
Well, I'm not in a play right now, but I will be. I'm going to New York.
Don Oh, you're going to New York and then some day we'll all hear of you, won't we? Kathy Selden as Juliet, as Lady Macbeth, as King Lear. You'll have to wear a beard for that one, of course.
Oh, you can laugh if you want to, but at least the stage is a dignified profession.
Don [scoffing]
Dignified profession!
And what do you got to be so conceited about? You're nothing but a shadow on film, a shadow. You're not flesh and blood.
Don Oh, no? [He moves closer to kiss her amorously]
Stop! [She pushes him away]
Don What can I do to you? I'm only a shadow.
You keep away from me. Just because you're a big movie star, wild parties, swimming pools, you expect every girl to fall in a dead faint at your feet. Well, don't you touch me.
Don Fear not, sweet lady! I will not molest you. I am but a humble jester. And you. You are TOO far above me. Farewell, Ethel Barrymore! I must tear myself from your side. [Kathy then laughs hysterically as Don's suit rips while he gets out of her car]
[after filming a love scene]
Oh, Donny! You couldn't kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy, weensy bit!
Don Meet the greatest actor in the world. I'd rather kiss a tarantula.
Oh, you don't mean that.
Don I don't -- Hey, Joe, bring me a tarantula.
Don [After Don Lockwood's latest film is jeered by test audiences]
Everything you ever said about me is true, Kathy. I'm no actor. I never was. Just a lotta 'dumb show.' I know that now.
Well, at least you're taking it lying down.
Don No. No kidding, Cosmo. Did you ever see anything as idiotic as me on that screen tonight?
Yeah, how about Lina?
Don All right. I ran her a close second. Maybe it was a photo finish. Anyway, I'm through, fellas.
Don, you're not through!
Why of course not. Why, with your looks and figure, you could drive an ice wagon or shine shoes!
Block hats!
Sell pencils!
Dig ditches!
Or worse still, go back to vaudeville.
The price of fame. You've got the glory, you gotta take the little heartaches that go with it. Now look at me: I've got no fame, I've got no glory, I've got no big mansions, I've got no money! But I've got - what have I got?
Don I don't know, what have you got?
I gotta get out of here.
I arranged it...Well, they weren't gonna fire her, so I called 'em up and told 'em they'd better.
Don Why, you rattlesnake you. You got that poor kid fired.
That's not all I'm gonna do if I ever get my hands on her.
Don I never heard of anything so low...What did you do it for?
'Cause you liked her, I could tell.
Don So that's it. Believe me. I don't like her half as much as I hate you. You reptile!
Sticks and stones may break my bones...
Don I'd like to break every bone in your body.
You and who else, you big lummox?
Roscoe Dexter All right, here we go! QUIET!! ROLL 'EM!!
[Dexter recording the sound. But Lina's voice can't pick up the mike]
Oh, Pierre! You shouldn't have come!
Recorder
She's gotta talk into the mike. I can't pick it up.
Roscoe Dexter CUT!!
Don Lockwood What's the matter, Dexter?
Roscoe Dexter It's Lina! Look, Lina, don't you remember? I told you. There's a microphone right there in the bush.
Yeah.
Roscoe Dexter You have to talk into it.
I was talking. Wasn't I, Mrs. Dinsmore?
Dinsmore Yes, my dear. But please remember, round tones. "Pierre, you shouldn't have come!"
"Pierre, you shouldn't have come!"
Dinsmore Yes, yes, my dear. That's much better.
Roscoe Dexter Hold it a second! Now, Lina, look. Here's the mike, right here in the bush.
Yeah!
Roscoe Dexter Now you talk towards it. The sound goes through the cable to the box. A man records it on a big record in wax. But, you have to talk into the mike first. In the bush! Now, try it again.
Gee, this is dumb.
Don Lockwood She'll get it, Dexter. Lina, don't worry. We're all a little nervous on the first day. Everything's gonna be okay. Oh, Roscoe! You know the scene where I say, "Imperious princess of the night?" I don't like those lines there. Is it okay if I say what I always do? "I love you, I love you, I love you!"
Roscoe Dexter Sure. Anyway, it's comfortable. BUT, INTO THE BUSH!! Okay, again! QUIET!! ROLL 'EM!!
[Dexter recording the sound. But Lina's voice keeps turning her head around that they're missing words]
Oh, Pierre, you shouldn't have come! You're flirting with danger. You'll surely find you out.
Roscoe Dexter CUT!! Lina, you're missing every other word. You've got to talk into the mike!
Well, I can't make love to a bush!
Roscoe Dexter Alright, alright! We'll have to think of something else.
