"Why are they laughing, Julie?"
— Margaret Dumont — Attributed to her by Groucho Marx (whose real first name was "Julius"), who often claimed she never understood any of The Marx Brothers' jokes.
"The air is the air — what can be done?"
— T'Pau (Celia Lovsky) — Star Trek: The Original Series: "Amok Time"
"I regard the entire personnel of the ensemble of our musical comedy theatres as — if you will pardon me being Victorian for a moment — painted hussies."
"They've got to paint."
"Well, they needn't huss."
— Lady Julia Fish to her son Ronnie — Heavy Weather
"We were singing about pimps and whores in front of Helen Mirren!"
—Taraji P. Henson, on how awkward she felt performing "It's Hard Out There for a Pimp" at the Academy Awards.
