The Countess Quotes in The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Movie Patron: You can't talk to my wife that way - who do you think you are?

The Countess: I'm a genuine countess with a lot of dough, and if that's your wife she's a tub of guts.

The Countess: You know what they get for rape in a small town? Especially by a man in a pith helmet?

The Countess: Go with the real guy, honey, we're limited.

Rita: Go with Tom! He's got no flaws!

Delilah: Go with SOMEBODY, child, 'cause I's gettin' bored.

The Countess: All of us are freaks in one way or another. Try being born a male Russian Countess into a white, middle class, Baptist family in Mississippi, and you'll see what I mean.

The Countess: It's been six months, hasn't it? In some circles that is half a year.

The Countess: There comes a time when it is psychologically impossible for a woman to lose her virginity - you can't wait too long, you know.