Frankly my dear, I’m the quotation king

MARLON BRANDO was a contender in the American Film Institute’s list of best quotes from US movies, but No 1 was Rhett Butler’s parting shot to Scarlett O’Hara: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Frankly my dear, I’m the quotation king

Clark Gable's line to Vivien Leigh in 1939's Gone With the Wind topped the AFI's list of top-100 quotes Brando had the No 2 and 3 quotes "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" from The Godfather and his "I coulda been a contender" speech from On the Waterfront. Judy Garland's Dorothy came in fourth with "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore", from The Wizard of Oz. At No 5 was "Here's looking at you, kid," spoken by Rick (Humphrey Bogart) to Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) in Casablanca.

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