Haven Hamilton Quotes in Nashville (1975)

Haven Hamilton: Y'all take it easy now. This isn't Dallas, it's Nashville! They can't do this to us here in Nashville! Let's show them what we're made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing!

Lady Pearl: Mister, uh, Triplette. Now I'm real sorry ol' Delbert went and told you Haven would appear at the political rally. He knows better'n that. Well, we never let Haven Hamilton take sides, politically.

Haven Hamilton: You understand we give contributions to ever'body. And they are not puny contributions.

Lady Pearl: Only time I ever went hog-wild, around the bend, was for the Kennedy boys. But they were different.

Haven Hamilton: I don't know who you are or what you're doing here, but I will not tolerate rudeness in the presence of a star...

[pauses, glances at Eliot Gould]

Haven Hamilton: Two stars.

Haven Hamilton: What a surprise. Julie Christie.

Connie White: Who's Julie Christie?

Haven Hamilton: Who's Julie Christie? She's a star. She's won an Academy Award.

Connie White: Oh!

Haven Hamilton: No, I'm not kiddin'. For one of those pictures. I don't know which one. She's done so many.

Connie White: Isn't he a gem? He's got the worst sense of humor.

Haven Hamilton: No, she's lovely.

Connie White: Oh, come on. She can't even comb her hair.