Julia Child Quotes in Julie & Julia (2009)

Paul Child: What is it that you *really* like to do?

Julia Child: Eat!

Julia Child: These damn things are as hot as a stiff cock!

Julia Child: I'm Julia Child. Bon appetit!

Julia Child: [on her book being published by Knopf] Is it kuh-NA-pf or NOFF?

Paul Child: Who cares!

Julia Child: If no one's in the kitchen, who's to see?

Julia Child: You and I are vaches enragées.

Simone Beck: That's exactly what we are. Mad cows.

Madame Brassart: Is it true you plan to teach?

Julia Child: Yes, we're going to teach Americans in Paris how to cook.

Madame Brassart: Madame Child, I must tell you, you have no real talent for cooking.

[Madame Brassart starts to laugh]

Madame Brassart: But the Americans will never know the difference.

Julia Child: [narrating] I'm probably the only American I know in Paris who thinks shopping for food is as *much* fun as buying a dress. Course, you'd think so too if you lived in a country where absolutely *nothing* comes in my size.

Julia Child: I had such a horrible time converting these recipes from the metric system.

Louisette Bertholle: Measurements do not matter.

Julia Child: Oh, but they do! They absolutely do!

Julia Child: Don't be afraid!