Ellen Miller Quotes in Second Chorus (1940)

Ellen Miller: [in a fake Russian accent] Vas good?

Danny O'Neill: Vas per-fect.

Danny O'Neill: It seems to me I smell a mouse.

Ellen Miller: Somewhere around the house.

Ellen Miller: It's all going to be fine. It always is. Just follow the plan.

Robert Miller: And what is that plan?

Ellen Miller: Confidence equals contract.

Robert Miller: You sound like a fortune cookie.

Ellen Miller: They are your words, actually.

Robert Miller: Then you married an idiot.

Ellen Miller: You broke our little girl's heart.

Robert Miller: That's how it all works, Ellen. You know that.

Ellen Miller: I know, but she didn't.

Robert Miller: She'll be better for it. The world is cold.

Ellen Miller: Then you're gonna need a warm coat.

Ellen Miller: In the mean time, Sheriff Perry, I hope you won't tell anybody about it.

Sheriff Perry: I'm silent as a desert tortise when it comes to spreading news.