Quotes / Lady Drunk

And here's to the girls who just watch.
Aren't they the best?
When they get depressed, it's a bottle of Scotch
Plus a little jest.
Another chance to disapprove,
Another brilliant zinger.
Another reason not to move,
Another vodka stinger.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa— I'll drink to that.

— Joanne, Company, "The Ladies Who Lunch"

Stritch!
All my co-stars cry out, "Put on your shoes!"
Stritch!
Who the hell drank all the booze?
And when I get drunk, the audience applauds!
Stritch!
Stritch, Stritch, Stritch!
I'm the queen of Broadway's boozing broads!

— Forbidden Broadway, "Stritch"

Julia: Hi, Richard! (She lifts her glass in drunken salute)
Richard: (in a low tone): Will you stop drinking?
Julia: (in a voice just as high as his was low): Will I stop drinking? No, I won't stop drinking!

— Merrily We Roll Along (play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart)

Frank: So what do you do?
Mary: I drink.
Frank: No, what do you really do?
Mary: I really drink.

— Merrily We Roll Along (The Musical)

"Think I want to go to the bars? Think they're any fun? Well, they're better than being alone, aren't they? Look at me, blind again. I'm stiff. All right, so I meant to be... Funny, I don't get hangovers any more. I've just got a running one that lasts all the time."

— Mildred Tynan, The Ladies in the Corridor

Michael: You seem more villainous than usual today, Mom — are you sober?
Lucille: Michael, it's 8 a.m.
Michael: So it's not that...

—Arrested Development

Mater is not "frantic." Only the prospect of the decanter running dry could make Mater frantic.

—Robert Frobisher, Cloud Atlas

Suleiman: What's the matter with Cook, Matron?

Matron: Oh, er, sh-she's ill.

Dandy Big: "Ill"? Are you kiddin'? She's plastered!

— No Kidding

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