Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick Quotes in Gypsy (1962)

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: I said, turn it off! Nobody laughs at me! Because I laugh first. At me! Me, from Seattle! Me, with no education. Me, with no talent, as you kept reminding me my whole life! Well, Mama look at me now. I'm a star! Look! Look how I live! Look at my friends! Look where I'm going! I'm not staying in burlesque! I'm moving, mabye up, maybe down! But wherever it is, I'm enjoying it. I'm having the time of my life! Because for the first time, it is my life! And I love it. I love every second of it! And I'll be damned if you're gonna take it away from me! I am Gypsy Rose Lee! And I love her! And if you don't, you can just clear out now!

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: [singing] Let me entertain you, Let me make you smile, Let me do a few tricks, Some old and then some new tricks, I'm very versatile, And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good, I want your spirits to climb, So let me entertain you, And we'll have a real good time; Yes, sir!, We'll have a real good time.

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: You really would have been something, Mother.

Rose Hovick: Think so?

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: If you had had someone to push you like I had.

Rose Hovick: If I could've been, I would've been. And that's show business.

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: [singing] Little cat, little cat, why do you look so blue? Did somebody paint you to look like that, or is it your birthday, too? Little lamb, little lamb, I wonder how old I am.

Rose Hovick: You need something to remind you your goal was to be a great actress. Not a cheap stripper.

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: My sister's the actress, mother. And I'm *not* a cheap stripper. I'm the highest-paid in the business.

Rose Hovick: You won't be ready for vaudeville when it comes back.

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: No, I'll be *dead*.