Hester Street (1975)

Carol Kane: Gitl

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Quotes 

• Bernstein : What if she'd say no?

  Gitl : What if she would say yes?

  Bernstein : [Gitl cuts the arrangements Bernstein was preparing for his books as he was about to leave the house]  Mrs... mrs, what are you doing?

  Gitl : I'm saying yes.

  Bernstein : Thank you.

  Gitl : You're welcome.

• Jake : Gitl, you are in America now. In America they don't wear wigs.

  Gitl : No, I have a kerchief.

  Jake : They don't wear kerchiefs either!

  Gitl : Yankel, I can't go around in my own hair. I'm a married woman.

  Jake : Alright, put on the kerchief.

• Gitl : You and your Polish whore can jump out of your skins!

• Jake : [on his mistress Mamie]  Uh... she used to work in my shop. She's looking for a job, that's all.

  Gitl : The way she looked, I thought she was nobility.

  Jake : Gitl, stop being a greenhorn. In America, anyone can dress like that!