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Burt Lancaster, Jacqueline Bisset, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Dean Martin, Barbara Hale, Helen Hayes, Barry Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Jean Seberg, Maureen Stapleton, and Dana Wynter in Airport (1970)

Helen Hayes: Ada Quonsett

Airport

Helen Hayes credited as playing...

Ada Quonsett

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Quotes7

  • Tanya Livingston: Have you ever been a stowaway on any other airline?
  • Ada Quonsett: Oh, yes. But I like Trans Global the best.
  • Tanya Livingston: [sarcastically] Well, it's nice to meet a satisfied customer.
  • Ada Quonsett: My late husband played the violin. Not professionally, but he was very good. He once played the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds.
  • Ada Quonsett: When you get to be older, there isn't a lot left to be frightened of.
  • Tanya Livingston: Perhaps Mr. Bakersfeld could impress upon Mrs. Quonsett that this isn't a very nice thing to do. Mrs. Livingston hasn't been able to!
  • Mel Bakersfeld: [timidly] Yes, uh... Mrs., uh... Quonsett? Uh, what you've done is, uh... dishonest. You've broken the law. You've defrauded Trans Global.
  • [Mrs. Quonsett smiles and keeps nodding]
  • Mel Bakersfeld: Don't you realize they could prosecute you?
  • Ada Quonsett: But they wouldn't, would they? I don't think it would be very good public relations for a big airline to prosecute a little old lady just because she wanted to visit her daughter!
  • Ada Quonsett: My late husband taught me to be thorough. He was a teacher of geometry. He always said: "You must consider every angle."
  • Tanya Livingston: My late husband was a lawyer, and he always said: "Watch out for sweet-looking innocent, little old ladies." I'm beginning to understand what he meant.
  • Ada Quonsett: Now there's nothing to be nervous about. I've flown thousands of miles and I can tell you it's a lot safer than crossing the street!
  • Ada Quonsett: You've been so busy, we just haven't had a chance to chat. I'm Ada Quonsett.
  • D.O. Guerrero: How do you do.
  • Ada Quonsett: What's your name, sir?
  • D.O. Guerrero: Guerrero.
  • Ada Quonsett: Guerrero! That's Spanish, isn't it?
  • D.O. Guerrero: Yes, but way... back.
  • Ada Quonsett: You look more Irish.
  • D.O. Guerrero: So did my mother.

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