Lina Lamont Peo-ple? I ain't peo-ple! I am a...'a shimmering glowing star in the cinema firm-a-mint!' It says so - right there.
Played by Jean Hagen 
Singin' in the Rain (1952) · 22 quotes
Singin' in the Rain (1952) · 22 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Singin' in the Rain (1952): in 7 of its 22 quotes
Most scenes with: Don Lockwood (3)
You mean it's gonna say up on the screen that I don't talk and sing for myself?...They can't do that!...They can't make a fool out of Lina Lamont. They can't make a laughingstock out of Lina Lamont. What do they think I am, dumb or something? Why I make more money than—than—than Calvin Coolidge! Put together!
More lines from Lina Lamont
2 quotes Lina Lamont Lina Lamont If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothing. Bless you all.
Scenes with Lina Lamont
4 scenes Lina [after filming a love scene]
Oh, Donny! You couldn't kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy, weensy bit!
Meet the greatest actor in the world. I'd rather kiss a tarantula.
Lina Oh, you don't mean that.
I don't -- Hey, Joe, bring me a tarantula.
R.F. Simpson The public is screaming for more...talking pictures...Every studio is jumping on the bandwagon, Dexter. All the theatres are putting in sound equipment. We don't want to be left out of it.
Talking pictures, that means I'm out of a job. At last I can start suffering and write that symphony.
R.F. Simpson You're not out of a job, we're putting you in as head of the new music department.
Well, thanks, R.F.! At last I can stop suffering and write that symphony.
R.F. Simpson Don, it'll be a sensation! "Lamont and Lockwood: they talk!"
Lina Lamont [with a voice to peel paint]
Well of course we talk. Don't everybody?
[Simpson, Don, and Cosmo look back at Lina, worried.]
Lina I arranged it...Well, they weren't gonna fire her, so I called 'em up and told 'em they'd better.
Why, you rattlesnake you. You got that poor kid fired.
Lina That's not all I'm gonna do if I ever get my hands on her.
I never heard of anything so low...What did you do it for?
Lina 'Cause you liked her, I could tell.
So that's it. Believe me. I don't like her half as much as I hate you. You reptile!
Lina Sticks and stones may break my bones...
I'd like to break every bone in your body.
Lina You and who else, you big lummox?
Roscoe Dexter All right, here we go! QUIET!! ROLL 'EM!!
Lina Lamont [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!!
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.
Lina Lamont Yeah.
Roscoe Dexter You have to talk into it.
Lina Lamont I was talking. Wasn't I, Mrs. Dinsmore?
Dinsmore Yes, my dear. But please remember, round tones. "Pierre, you shouldn't have come!"
Lina Lamont "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.
Lina Lamont 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.
Lina Lamont Gee, this is dumb.
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!!
Lina Lamont [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!
Lina Lamont Well, I can't make love to a bush!
Roscoe Dexter Alright, alright! We'll have to think of something else.
