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Jennifer Jason Leigh in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

Jennifer Jason Leigh: Dorothy Parker

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Jennifer Jason Leigh credited as playing...

Dorothy Parker

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Quotes14

  • Dorothy Parker: Razors pain you, rivers are damp, acids stain you, drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, nooses give, gas smells awful; you might as well live.
  • [after being chewed out for missing a magazine deadline]
  • Dorothy Parker: Someone else was using the pencil.
  • Dorothy Parker: I'll wear my heart on my sleeve like a wet, red stain.
  • Dorothy Parker: But I can't understand what God is saying, because he's got a mask over his face. Isn't that just like Him?
  • Dorothy Parker: The sun's gone dim, the moon's turned black; for I loved him and he didn't love back.
  • Dorothy Parker: I write doodads because it's a doodad kind of town.
  • Dorothy Parker: I never liked a man I didn't meet.
  • Dorothy Parker: You don't want to turn into the town drunk, Eddie. Not in Manhattan.
  • Dorothy Parker: I'd kiss you, but I'm not sure it'd come out right.
  • Dorothy Parker: Time doth flit; oh shit.
  • Dorothy Parker: I may have him mounted.
  • Robert Benchley: One would assume.
  • Dorothy Parker: It's as if I were a spoiled virgin, and no one will have me!
  • Robert Benchley: You're not spoiled. Just highly seasoned.
  • Dorothy Parker: Tragedies don't kill us, Woodrow. Messes kill us.
  • Dorothy Parker: Don't look at me in that tone of voice, Mr. Benchley.

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