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"Why are they laughing, Julie?"
Margaret Dumont — Attributed to her by Groucho Marx (whose real first name was "Julius"), who often claimed she never understood any of The Marx Brothers' jokes.

"The air is the air — what can be done?"
T'Pau (Celia Lovsky) — Star Trek: The Original Series: "Amok Time"

Lady Julia Fish: I regard the entire personnel of the ensemble of our musical comedy theatres as — if you will pardon me being Victorian for a moment — painted hussies
Ronnie Fish: They've got to paint.
Julia: Well, they needn't huss.

"We were singing about pimps and whores in front of Helen Mirren!"
Taraji P. Henson, on how awkward she felt performing "It's Hard Out There for a Pimp" at the Academy Awards.

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