Bernadette Peters Movie Quotes & Lines – 12 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Dec 6, 2025

Find the best movie quotes of Bernadette Peters (February 28, 1948 – Present), with sound clips of her memorable lines in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 Do you think it's possible that some day you could make love with me and think of him? -Who knows? Maybe you and he can make love and you could think of me.

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson; Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

2 Remember how you told me to take unnecessary lessons? Well, I just took a lesson.

As Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

3 I don't want to go all the way up there on the top.

As Angelique in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

4 What were they? -Couple of dozen roses. -Look like daisy stems. -What? That guy gypped me. He put daisy stems on my roses.

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson; Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

5 Hey, look, these hoodlums are dangerous. I think we ought to get out of here before she sees us. -She? -What? -You said she. -No. No. I always call a gang 'she.' It's like when you call a boat 'she,' or a hurricane 'she.' -Or a girl?

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson; Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

6 Jeez! This _ really worked.

As Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

7 I don't care about losing all the money. It's losing all the stuff.

As Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

8 Why are you crying? And why are you wearing that old dress? -Because I just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of the way we were. -What was it? -The Way We Were.

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson; Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk

9 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. They cannot mix bells with holly.

As Angelique in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

10 Have you seen a 5-year-old boy, blond hair, and he's wearing a T-shirt that says '_' on it? -No. There was just one kid earlier, had a T-shirt that said 'Life sucks' on it.

Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson; Bernadette Peters as Marie Kimble Johnson in The Jerk