R.F. Simpson Quotes in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Cosmo Brown: Talking pictures, that means I'm out of a job. At last I can start suffering and write that symphony.

R.F. Simpson: You're not out of job, we're putting you in as head of our new music department.

Cosmo Brown: Oh, thanks, R.F.! At last I can stop suffering and write that symphony.

R.F. Simpson: Don, it'll be a sensation! "Lamont and Lockwood: they talk!"

Lina: [with a voice to peel paint] Well of *course* we talk. Don't everybody?

R.F. Simpson: Lina, you were gorgeous!

Cosmo Brown: Yeah, Lina, you looked pretty good for a girl.

[after the demonstration of a talking picture]

R.F. Simpson: What do you think of it, Dexter?

Rosco: It'll never amount to a thing.

Olga: [with heavy, snotty accent] Its vulgar!

Cosmo Brown: That's what they said about the horseless carriage.

[after Cosmo gives a good idea]

R.F. Simpson: Cosmo, remind me to give you a raise.

[turns around]

Cosmo Brown: Oh, R.F.

R.F. Simpson: Yes?

Cosmo Brown: Give me a raise.

Rosco: [after a take] We're really rolling, Mr. Simpson.

R.F. Simpson: Well, you can stop rolling at once.

Rosco: What?

R.F. Simpson: Don, Lina.

Rosco: Ok, everybody save it!

R.F. Simpson: Save it? Tell them to go home. We're shutting down for a few weeks.

Rosco: What?

R.F. Simpson: Well, don't just stand there. Tell them!

Rosco: Everybody go until further notice! What is it?

Rosco: [after seeing the film screw-up] The sound, its out of synchronization!

R.F. Simpson: [irritated] Well tell them to fix it!

Rosco: [while getting up] Yes sir, fix it!

Don Lockwood: Now listen, R.F., the owner of the Coconut Grove may do what Lina tells him to, but you're the head of this studio.

R.F. Simpson: That's right, I'm the head of this studio. She's hired! But don't let Lina know she's on the lot.

R.F. Simpson: Lina, did you send this stuff out?

Lina Lamont: I gave an exclusive story to every paper in town.