Bandleader Quotes in Chicago (2002)

Bandleader: Miss Velma Kelly in an act... of desperation

Bandleader: Mr. Billy Flynn and the press conference rag. Notice how his mouth never moves... almost.

[after Velma has testified against Roxie, Billy moves to discredit her]

Bandleader: And now, ladies and gentlemen, a tap dance.

Bandleader: Five, six, seven, eight!

Bandleader: Shall we start the first number?

Happy Franks: Yeah, "The Nearness of You".

Bandleader: Isn't that a little...

Happy Franks: [terse] What?

Bandleader: ...slow?

Happy Franks: Do you know it?

Bandleader: [uneasy] Yeah.

Bandleader: Then play it.

Bandleader: Ok.

Bandleader: Angela and Steven, if you don't spill a drop, its good luck for the rest of your life.

[Steven and Angela drink from conjoined goblets]

Bandleader: Everybody, everybody testify!

Bandleader: Ladies and Gentlemen... The Genetic OP'RA!

Bandleader, Sexy Gentern #1, Sexy Gentern #2, Night Surgeon Gentern #1, Rotti Largo: Everybody, everybody; make your genetics your bitch!

Rotti Largo: Testify!

Bandleader: Everybody, everybody line up! Line up!

Bandleader: We got tickets, opera tickets!

Bandleader: Don't be shy!