Mrs. Lovett
Trust me, dearie, it's gonna take a lot more than ale to wash that taste out.
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): in 4 of its 16 quotes
Most scenes with: Sweeney Todd (2)
We could have a life, us two. Maybe not like I dreamed. Maybe not like you remember. But we could get by.
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You have a room over the shop, don't you? If times are so hard, why don't you rent it out?
Mrs. Lovett
Oh no, not up there. Haven't been there in years. People think it's haunted.
Haunted?
Mrs. Lovett
Yeah. And who's to say they're wrong? You see, years ago, something happened up there. Something not very nice.
Mrs. Lovett
[Mrs. Lovett finds Todd with Pirelli's dead body]
Mr. T, you didn't! You're barking mad! Killing a man what done ya no harm!
He recognized me from the old days. Tried to blackmail me. Half me earnings.
Mrs. Lovett
[relieved]
Oh, well that's a different matter then. For a moment there I thought you lost your marbles. Ugh! All that blood. Poor bugger. Oh well!
Mrs. Lovett
[looks through Pirelli's jacket before removing his money pouch and examining its contents]
Well, waste not, want not! [puts the money in her cleavage]
