Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Gong Li: Hatsumomo

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Quotes 

• Hatsumomo : I was a maiko once.

  Sayuri Nitta : Oh, of course. But that was a long, long, long, *long* time ago.

• Hatsumomo : [entertaining at the teahouse]  Sayuri. A name as sweet as she is. I'm afraid these days even the common chambermaid can call herself a geisha. So, it's nice to see such a sincere young maiko, isn't it?

  Mameha : [to Sayuri]  Surely you would like to thank Hatsumomo for her gracious compliments.

  Sayuri Nitta : [serving tea]  There is so much I would like to say to Hatsumomo.

  Hatsumomo : [laughing]  Sometimes the smartest remark is silence

  Sayuri Nitta : What better advise to follow than your own.

• Hatsumomo : [suggesting that Mameha used immoral methods to gain Sayuri the lead role in the dances]  What did Mameha do, speak with the Director in *private*?

  Sayuri Nitta : Not *all* geisha use that kind of currency.

• Hatsumomo : [slaps Sayuri roughly]  I shall destroy you...

• Hatsumomo : Stay out of my room. Your fingers smell. I can't have you touching my things.

• Hatsumomo : How much longer is this bidding going to take? Beside who wants a plum when someone has already had a bite?

  [takes a bite out of the plum] 

• [referring to Chiyo] 

  Hatsumomo : A pity. She still stinks of fish.

• Sayuri Nitta : I am so far behind...

  Pumpkin : Don't worry I'll help you.

  [laughs] 

  Hatsumomo : Pumpkin!

  [strikes her] 

  Hatsumomo : You are never to talk to her again. We are rivals now.