Ellen Mitchell Quotes in Dave (1993)

Ellen Mitchell: Reminds me of when you were in the state legislature.

Dave: Yeah... me too.

Ellen Mitchell: You weren't in the state legislature.

[stands up and offers her hand]

Ellen Mitchell: Hi. I'm Ellen Mitchell. Who are you?

Ellen Mitchell: [after discovering Dave] Look, I'll make this easy for you. I barely see him anymore. I barely know him anymore. I'd just kind of like to know where he is.

Ellen Mitchell: Why couldn't you die from a stroke like everyone else?

Ellen Mitchell: [after Dave reveals his true identity to Ellen] What do you do for a living?

Dave: You mean, when I'm not running the country?

Ellen Mitchell: Yeah.

Dave: I run a temp agency. You know, secretaries and stuff.

Ellen Mitchell: So you find people jobs.

Dave: Yes.

[Ellen chuckles]

Dave: What? What's so funny?

Ellen Mitchell: It's just, it's more than most people do around here.

Ellen Mitchell: [first encounter and public appearance] Don't you have anything else you want to say to me?

[repeated line]

Dave: Thank you for doing this, Ellen.

Ellen Mitchell: Go to hell, Bill!

[exits]

Dave: She hates me!

Bob Alexander, Alan Reed: YES!

Ellen Mitchell: Who was she, Bill? Another "patriotic" secretary?

Ellen Mitchell: There's no mistake, Bill. When you veto someone's funding that is not a mistake. When you hurt someone intentionally that is not a mistake.