Jane Wyman Movie Quotes & Lines – 10 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Jan 6, 2026

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1 He doesn't know what he's doing. A cigarette might fall from his mouth and he'll burn in his bed...

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

2 Don's a little tight. Most people drink a little. A lot of them get tight once in a while. -Sure. The lucky ones who can take it or leave it. But then there are the ones who can't take it and leave it either.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Jane Wyman as Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

3 You need this, Don. Drink it. I want you to drink it. I'll get you some more. I'll get you all you want. -What kind of talk is that? -It's just that I'd rather have you drunk than dead.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Jane Wyman as Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

4 The only way to start is to stop. There is no cure besides just stopping.

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

5 Well, how do you like New York? -Love it. -You intend to stay long? -Oh, sixty years, perhaps.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Jane Wyman as Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

6 After all, you're not an embezzler or a murderer. You drink too much and that's not fatal.

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

7 I don't care for any breakfast, thank you. Nor do I care for that kind of talk, even supposing you're right. -Which I am.

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

8 Stop talking about him as if he were dead. -Best thing for you if he was.

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

9 I knew there was a core of something... well there is a core, and now I know what it is. A sponge. And to soak it full you'll do anything that's ruthless, selfish, dishonest.

As Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

10 I'm all right, I still have enough strength left... -I know you have. I can see it. Don't waste it on pulling a trigger, Don.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Jane Wyman as Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)