Memorable Quotes...

Movie Quotes:

"How do you know that until you put the full weight of the White House behind it?"

                  ~Sydney Ellen Wade, The American President


"I'm a very practical little girl and I don't believe in giving anymore that I get."

                  ~Myra Langtry, The Grifters


"That wasn't a punch, that was a slap, if I had punched you you'd be stretched out across the floor!"

                 ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy


"Mr. President, you've got bigger problems than losing me, you just lost my vote."

               ~Sydney Ellen Wade, The American President


"You should glue the keys to your hand, Henry!"

                ~Sarah Turner, Regarding Henry


"We drove five and a half hours for this, this...canker sore?!"

              ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy


"Don't worry Mike.  It doesn't have to be a miracle, if you can paint I can walk."

                ~Terry McKay, Love Affair


"We both want whatever we want whenever we want it, and we both want everything."

               ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy


"You are an irresponsible, unrealistic, unreliable, undependable, philandering f*ck!"

             ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy


"This is a four-thousand dollar sofa...upholstered in Italian silk.  It is NOT just a couch!"

                ~Carolyn Burnham, American Beauty


"We were in love once years ago, and then we weren't, not for a long time, but we're better now.  Please don't walk away, not now."

            ~Sarah Turner, Regarding Henry


"And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me on the same day that you lose your job!"

            ~Carolyn Burnham, American Beauty


"I'm so proud of you, honey! You know I watched you very closely, you didn't screw up once!"

            ~Carolyn Burnham, American Beauty


"There just happens to be alot about me that you don't know, Mr. Smarty Man!"

            ~Carolyn Burnham, American Beauty


"I am shocked and amazed."

            ~Terry McKay, Love Affair


"This is the most boring drive I have ever been on in my life and I have to pee."

           ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy

"Were you under the impression that I was a VIRGIN?"

             ~Virginia Hill, Bugsy

"Why do you want to be a husband, when you can be a lover?"

              ~Merteuil, Valmont

Real Life Quotes:

"I am still overwhelmed by the response to my performance."

              ~Annette Bening on American Beauty


"Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all."

           ~Annette Bening, as told to the NY Times

"Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last.  That doesn't mean that I'll stop working.  I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?"

                 ~Annette Bening


"It wouldn't have been right if one of us won and the other didn't.  While we are no longer married, we are still devoted!"

         ~Kevin Spacey to USA Today, on his & Annette's SAG wins


"Don't wait to have a baby!  Do it now!"

         ~Annette Bening in her SAG Award acceptance speech


"Annette Bening was a true American beauty.  Cited as best female actor in a leading role, she was radiant in a tux and slides as husband Warren Beatty stood outside the pressroom, bottled water in hand, beaming."

                           ~USA Today


"Actress of the year Annette Bening, in the last month of her pregnancy, thanked her husband, Warren Beatty, in her acceptance speech, saying he 'was responsible not just for the shape I am on the outside,' but for the joy she felt within."

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"We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do."

          ~Annette Bening on "American Beauty," as told to CBS.com


"It's f*cking me, baby--that's ME!"

        ~Annette Bening, as told to E!online when asked about the character she portrays in "American Beauty"


"What drew me to her onscreen was her energetic intelligence and refusal to rely on her good looks."

                  ~Warren Beatty, on wife Annette Bening


"Annette is a very good actor.  She knows how to position her character in a very real way, and then let the dialogue take over."

       ~Mike Nichols on working with Annette in "What Planet Are You From?"


"She is funny and she is detailed."

                  ~Garry Shandling on Annette Bening


"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."

                ~Annette Bening, as told to ASU


"Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma!  This is who I am--middle-class all the way!"

               ~Annette Bening as told to E!online


"I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them."

               ~Annette Bening, as told to Entertainment Weekly

"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."

                 ~Annette Bening, as told to US Magazine