The Gilded Age (TV Series)

Face the Music (2022)

Carrie Coon: Bertha Russell

Quotes 

• Bertha Russell : I will decide who comes to dinner in this house.

• George Russell : May I stay with you tonight?

  Bertha Russell : You have only to ask.

• Bertha Russell : So what is it you want me to do?

  Anne Morris : I want you to ask him to show a little pity. To show mercy.

  Bertha Russell : Forgive me, but this is in payment for what?

  Anne Morris : I don't understand.

  Bertha Russell : You come into my house, you make this strange request, and I'm trying to establish why. Do you feel I owe a debt of gratitude? Have you granted me a favor that merits a return?

  Anne Morris : No...

  Bertha Russell : No. Mrs. Morris, I hesitate to teach the basics, but life is like a bank account. You cannot write a check without first making a deposit.

• Gladys Russell : He's quite respectable. A forebear on his mother's side as an officer at the battle of Yorktown.

  Bertha Russell : Indeed.

  Larry Russell : Did your ancestors fight at Yorktown, Mother? Or were they too busy digging potatoes in Kerry?

  George Russell : You will be civil to your mother. Remember, her ancestors are your ancestors too.

• Oscar Van Rhijn : The United Manhattan Trust was founded in 1797 by Arnold van Rhijn, among others. We've been at it ever since.

  Bertha Russell : I see. What a wonderful tradition.

  Larry Russell : So you don't have to waste your time worrying about what you want to do. It's already decided.

• George Russell : There are moments, my dear, when you are quite marvelous.

  Bertha Russell : Hmm. Useless, each without the other.

• George Russell : Where's Gladys?

  Bertha Russell : She went out with Miss Grant. Why?

  George Russell : It isn't right, you know. Miss Grant may be nice, but she's a jailer. And Gladys is a grown woman whether you like it or not. Girls get married at her age.

  Bertha Russell : And live to regret it.

• George Russell : Gladys must make friends, Bertha.

  Bertha Russell : Mr. Baldwin is not what we want.

  George Russell : How do you know?

  Bertha Russell : Because he's not what I want.

• Anne Morris : It seems that Patrick and the other aldermen have miscalculated. They thought the stock would go down. But they have gone up.

  Bertha Russell : You have neatly encapsulated the nature of dealing in stock. You try to guess which way they'll go. If you're right, you make money. And if you get it wrong, you don't.