Sudden Fear (1952)

Joan Crawford: Myra Hudson Blaine

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Quotes 

• Myra Hudson : I was just wondering what I'd done to deserve you.

• Myra Hudson : [to Lester]  I haven't even got my lipstick on! A woman has to wear lipstick. I'd feel positively naked without it!

• Myra Hudson : Remember what Nietzsche says "Live dangerously!"

  Lester Blaine : You know what happened to Nietzsche?

  Myra Hudson : No, what?

  Lester Blaine : He's dead.

• Lester Blaine : Why do you look at me like that?

  Myra Hudson : [Ambiguously]  I was just wondering what I'd done to deserve you.

• Lester Blaine : I like to look at you.

  Myra Hudson : You couldn't possibly at this hour of the morning.

  Lester Blaine : Oh, anyone can look at you in the afternoon.

  Myra Hudson : But I haven't even got my lipstick on! A woman has to wear lipstick. I feel positively naked without it.

• Lester Blaine : [Stopping short when he sees the drop alongside the steps of the summer house]  Whoa...!

  Myra Hudson : What's the matter, Darling?

  Lester Blaine : [Frightened]  It's a precipice!

  Myra Hudson : [laughs]  I've been running up and down these steps ever since I was twelve.

  Lester Blaine : Don't you ever do it again!

  Myra Hudson : Why not? Remember what Nietzsche said: Live dangerously!

  Lester Blaine : You know what happened to Nietzsche?

  Myra Hudson : What?

  Lester Blaine : He's dead!

  Myra Hudson : [laughs] 

• Myra Hudson : Welcome to my home, Lester.

  Lester Blaine : It's quite a cozy home.

  Myra Hudson : Cozy enough to take your coat off?

  Lester Blaine : Delighted.