Rose Quote #999

Quote from Rose in Melodrama

Rose: Dog show. Miami's 13th annual. Oh, that's right, ladies. This afternoon, I'm gonna get the scoop on man's best friend.
Dorothy: Oh, congratulations, honey. I know you're gonna do a great job.
Rose: Oh, I just wish my mother and father were here to see this.
Blanche: Because they'd be so proud of you?
Rose: No, because they'd be alive.

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 ‘Melodrama’ Quotes

Quote from Blanche

Blanche: Well, it's unspeakable, that's what it is. Absolutely unspeakable.
Dorothy: Oh, Blanche, are you pretending you just found your first gray hair again?
Blanche: Dorothy, just because you have to walk around lookin' like an English lawyer doesn't mean everybody has to.

Quote from Sophia

Rose: It's really been hitting me lately. Everybody's job down at the TV station is exciting but mine.
Dorothy: Well, then why not look for a more challenging position?
Rose: I did hear something about an opening for a weekend news reporter. Oh, what am I talking about? I don't have any experience.
Sophia: You don't need experience. You've got the one thing every TV reporter needs: hair that doesn't move.

Quote from Rose

Rose: Tell me the truth. Do these glasses make me look stupid?
Blanche: Let's just say they don't hide it.
Rose: The consumer show asked me to test these chemically treated lenses. The theory is they don't fog up when you come in from the cold. Excuse me. [places head in the refrigerator]
Dorothy: Rose, you wanna run that looking stupid question by us again?
Rose: I'm just doing my job.
Dorothy: Rose, leave the glasses in the refrigerator, close the door and keep your head out here with us.
Rose: Well, how will I know if they fog up?
Dorothy: The little man who lives in there who turns the light on and off, he'll tell you.
Rose: I'm not in the mood for jokes, especially about the little man. You know he scares me.