Stage Door (1937)

Constance Collier: Miss Luther

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• Anthony Powell : How long have you been coaching this girl?

  Miss Luther : I've only had her a month.

  Anthony Powell : Incredible! No one could possibly get that bad in a month's time.

  Miss Luther : Would you mind a suggestion?

  Anthony Powell : Anything, please!

  Miss Luther : I was wondering, could you possibly see an older woman in the part?

• Miss Luther : [to Terry]  You're an actress now. You belong to these people.

• Miss Luther : It takes more than grease paint and footlights to make an actress. It takes heartbreak as well.

• Miss Luther : You can't leave now! There are people here. The press. Photographers. You're an actress now. You belong to them!

• Miss Luther : I can't tell you how interested I was in your discussion of "Twelfth Night." It was so intelligent.

  Terry Randall : Oh, thank you very much. I'm afraid that the rest of the inmates didn't share your enthusiasm.

  Miss Luther : Barbarians! They've had no training, my dear, no training!

• Miss Luther : It might interests you girls to know that all great actresses knew their Shakespeare.

  Footlights Club Resident : How 'bout their onions?

  Miss Luther : I fail to see what onions have to do with Shakespeare. If you'd listen to Miss Randall, you might learn something.

  Judy Canfield : I like Amos and Andy.