My Man Godfrey (1957)
David Niven: Godfrey Smith
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Quotes
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Molly : Our turnover in butlers, dear, is so fast, why, I've known 'em to come through that door, pick up a tray, go through *that* door, get fired, and keep going right throught the front door. Time lapse two-and-a-half minutes.
Godfrey : On one's first day, a word of encouragement is always welcome.
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Howard : I think I liked your mother's parties better the way she used to have them. With the scavenger hunt last.
Irene : Oh, yeah, she had to change that. Because last year some of the couples who went out hunting didn't get back for days! Come on.
Godfrey : Where did they go?
Irene : Well! I certainly hope you don't think *I* was going to ask them.
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Godfrey : There are a great many animals, madam, that are almost human, and ah, vice versa.
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Godfrey : Hasn't it occurred to you that I might very easily be a - be a dope peddler, or a murderer?
Irene : Oh, no! You're not the kind of man that would ever come easily to it, Mr. Godfrey. And anyway, if you really did it, I'm quite sure they had it coming to them.
Godfrey : Who?
Irene : Whoever you murdered.
Godfrey : Well, it's just that little old lady I strangled for her money, you know.
Irene : Oh, well, we don't have any little old ladies in the house, so you can start in the morning.
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Godfrey : Molly, I don't know any of them very well, but I do think that at least Miss Irene has what I would call a big heart.
Molly : She's got a stray cat complex. No offense meant.
Godfrey : Oh, that's all right. But have you ever thought how many stray cats there are in the world these days? And how impossible their lives would be if it weren't for a few stray cat collectors like this girl?
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Godfrey : Mrs. Bullock is the first woman I've met in years with whom I've felt an immediate understanding.
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Irene : Are you a Roman?
Godfrey : No. I'm an Austrian, miss.
Irene : Did you have a kangaroo when you were a little boy?
Godfrey : Oh, you must be thinking about Australia.
Irene : You could have one here if you wanted to, you know.
Godfrey : Yes, I'm sure I could, but it wouldn't be the same, somehow. Will you excuse me?
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Mr. Bullock : Haven't I seen you some place before?
Godfrey : At your party last night, sir. I'm a little less bearded now.
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[about her boyfriends]
Irene : Well, we never could find anything to talk about and we'd just sit there. And then my father would get worried that it was going to fall through, and he'd offer to set whoever it was up in business, and whoever it was would run like crazy. Which only gave Cordelia another chance to be really funny and sarcastic. So I finally said, who needs it?
Godfrey : Who needs love?
Irene : Who needs Cordelia knocking herself out at my expense?
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Godfrey : No caviar for you for three days.
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Godfrey : I fell in love with the Statue of Liberty.
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Godfrey : I'd like to tell you a little story about a very sentimental young lady with a very kind heart who helped a man who was very grateful. But then she threatened to undo all the fine work she'd done.
Irene : [happily] Oh, Godfrey! You made up a story about me.
Godfrey : No, I didn't make it up, and evidently you didn't hear the end.
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Godfrey : It's so hard to make beds when they're full of people.
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Godfrey : Are you married again, and how many times since I saw you?
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Godfrey : She was suddenly taken with an acute case of embarrassment, and had to leave.
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Godfrey : You fall into that unfortunate category that I would describe as the Park Avenue Brat. A spoiled child brought up in ease and luxury and always given her own way. But as a matter of fact, you shouldn't really be allowed out in public until someone has taught you the basic rules of good taste, and good manners.
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[there is a loud crash in the hallway]
Angelica : Oh, dear.
Mr. Bullock : What's that?
Angelica : Oh, I hope it wasn't the big yellow vase with the fauns frolicking on it.
Godfrey : No, madam, that was the green one with the cupids capering on it.
Angelica : Oh.
Mr. Bullock : Thank you, Godfrey.
Godfrey : One does what one can, sir.
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Godfrey : Now look. I'm not going to let you marry somebody just to help *me* out.
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Godfrey : That Rolls Royce definitely cramps my style.