Mame (1974)

Bea Arthur: Vera Charles

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Quotes 

• Vera : [indignantly]  I was never in the chorus. I was NEVER in the chorus!

• Vera Charles : However, in 'Fallen Angel' all of my clothes were done by Chanel! She said to me, 'Cheri' - she always called me Cheri - 'Cheri' she said, clothes not only make the woman, clothes make the world!' Oh she's brilliant! Sell her own mother, but brilliant. The costumes for my new show are so dazzling, that we expect complaints from the orchestra.

• Mame : Could you be persuaded to have a drink, dear?

  Vera Charles : Well, maybe just a TINY triple!

• Vera Charles : [yelling at a stage hand after Mame has missed her cue]  Tell her to get her ass on that moon!

• Vera Charles : I'm thrilled by the style and wit of each jest that you make. It's bracing to me. Trade quips with my bosom buddy. You Woolcott, you Benchley, you snake.

• Vera Charles : Oh my God. Somebody's been sleeping in my dress.

• Vera : I have an astronomical discovery for you. The man in the moon is a bitch.

• Vera Charles : [after mistaking the maid for Patrick's intended wife]  Pity. Well, what the hell, let's have a toast anyway! What do you say, Mrs. Upjohn?

• Vera Charles : [when Mame's bracelet gets caught on Vera's dress during a curtain call]  Get a hack saw! Curt her arm off!