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The Addams Family (1991 film) Quotes

The Addams Family (1991 film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . The Addams Family ended its run in 1970.

It features Scott Rudin as producer, Marc Shaiman in charge of musical score, and Owen Roizman as head of cinematography.

The Addams Family (1991 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Addams Family (1991 film) is 99 minutes long. The Addams Family (1991 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Mercedes McNab as Girl Scout, Christina Ricci as Wednesday, Jimmy Workman as Pugsley, Anjelica Huston as Morticia, Raúl Juliá as Gomez, Judith Malina as Grandmama, Dana Ivey as Margaret, Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester, Paul Benedict as Judge, Dan Hedaya as Tully Alfford, Elizabeth Wilson as Abigail Craven, and Carel Struycken as Lurch.

The Addams Family (1991 film) Quotes

Dana Ivey as Margaret

  • (Dana Ivey) "This is all so humiliating. Why did I marry you?"
  • (Dan Hedaya) "Because I said yes."
  • (Dana Ivey) "What are you, darling? Where's your costume?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everybody else."
  • (Dana Ivey) "Everyone keeps asking where he bought his costume."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "It is a wonderful hat."
  • (Dana Ivey) "You are too precious for words, why I could just -- eat you alive."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Oh no, Margaret. Too young."

Raúl Juliá as Gomez

  • (Raúl Juliá) "He wore that finger trap for two years. Mother had to teach him to eat with his feet. And the combination, and the password, and my cigar, and he slept so well."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Cara mia."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Mon sauvage."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "To live without you, only that would be torture."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "A day alone, only that would be death."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "You bewitched me. I proposed that very night."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Fan out. Pugsley, head for the dung heap. Mama and Morticia, the shallow graves. I'll take the abyss. Lurch, check out the bottomless pit. Fester?"
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Up here."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Fester, you take the ravine, and the unmarked, abandoned well."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Somebody should stay behind in case she comes back."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Good man. Good thinking."
  • (Judith Malina) "Then who'll take the swamp?"
  • (Raúl Juliá) "That's the spirit, Thing. Lend a hand. Let's go."
  • (Raúl Juliá) ""How do you take it off"? That's absurd. That finger trap was a party favor at his tenth birthday."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Leather straps, red-hot pokers."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Later, my dearest."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "I'm blinded by such beauty."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Ah, missed."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Love/hate, hate/love. Like for mama, no?"
  • (Raúl Juliá) "But I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Is it painful?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Extremely."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Good show, old man."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Spirits above me, give me a sign. Shall I be joyous -- or shall I be damned?"
  • (Raúl Juliá) "A-ha. Showtime."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Think of it, Thing. For twenty-five years we've attempted to contact Fester in the great beyond, and for twenty-five years, nothing. I'm beginning to think my brother truly is lost."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Mor -- Morticia -- Morticia? Morticia what? Slow down. It's terrible when you stutter."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Morticia -- in -- danger -- stop. Send -- help -- at once -- STOP."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Remember that fateful night?"
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Of course -- Your first cigar."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "What? Come on, Old Man, I've smoked since I was five. Mother insisted."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "How do you take it off? That's absurd. That finger trap was a party favor at his tenth birthday."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Oh, no."
  • (Jimmy Workman) "Father's playing with his trains."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "He wore that finger-trap for two years. Mother had to teach him to eat with his feet. And the combination. AND the password. And my cigar. And he slept so well."
  • (Jimmy Workman) "He's using the diesel."
  • (Christina Ricci) "The covered bridge."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Dead Man's Curve."
  • (Christina Ricci) "It's all about Uncle Fester, isn't it?"
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Spirits above me -- Give me a sign. Shall I be joyous? Or shall I be damned?"
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Two, ten, eleven. Eyes, fingers, toes."

Christina Ricci as Wednesday

  • (Christina Ricci) "May I have the salt?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "What do we say?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "Now."
  • (Christina Ricci) "It has to warm up."
  • (Jimmy Workman) "Why?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "So it can kill you."
  • (Jimmy Workman) "I knew that."
  • (Christina Ricci) "Don't be a baby. I know what I'm doing."
  • (Christina Ricci) "Nobody gets out of the Bermuda Triangle, not even for a vacation. Everyone knows that."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Oh, my little bundle. So much you don't understand. The human spirit, it is a hard thing to kill."
  • (Judith Malina) "Even with a chainsaw."

Dan Hedaya as Tully Alfford

  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Have you tried hard enough? Ask him, sweetheart."
  • (Dan Hedaya) "No, no, no, sweetheart. Don't ask."
  • (Fauna Amor) "I'm Fauna."
  • (Flora Amor) "I'm Flora."
  • (Dan Hedaya) "I'm flattered."

Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester

  • (Christopher Lloyd) "It was just a party. It's over. It means nothing. The Siamese twins, the hunchback, Cousin It, they're not you."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "What is this?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Mama's spécialité de la maison."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Oh, Tish."
  • (Judith Malina) "Start with the eyes."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Look, children. A new chapter."
  • (Jimmy Workman) ""Scabs"."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Keep the book closed, Gordon. Listen to mother."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "I'll never listen to you, never, ever again."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "I had to be strict with you because I cared. Put it down."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "You never really loved me."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Fester, this way."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Stop whining, you little good-for-nothing. Be a man."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "You were a terrible mother. There. I said it."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Haven't you ever slaughtered anyone?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "He's only a child."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "No excuse. Aim for a major artery. The jugular."
  • (Dr. Pinderschloss) "Gordon, I don't understand this. Let me get this clear. Have you been having a good time?"
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "Yes, I have. It was marvelous. I sang up a storm. And I danced 'till I dropped. The Mamushka."

Elizabeth Wilson as Abigail Craven

  • (Elizabeth Wilson) "They're not your family, I am. They don't love you, I do. They're evil, and corrupt, and degraded. I can give you that."
  • (Elizabeth Wilson) "You are doing this on purpose."
  • (Christopher Lloyd) "That's right, Mother, isn't this fun."
  • (Dan Hedaya) "I'll race you back."

Judith Malina as Grandmama

  • (Judith Malina) "Let's keep it."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Hush, mama. It's for charity. Widows and orphans. We need more of them."
  • (Judith Malina) "Aah. Aaaaaaah."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Mama?"
  • (Judith Malina) "Who put this in here?"
  • (Judith Malina) "That's for company."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Little rascals."
  • (Judith Malina) "Dinner's gonna be late."
  • (Judith Malina) "Here, boy. Here, boy."

Anjelica Huston as Morticia

  • (Anjelica Huston) "Gomez."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Querida?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Children, what are you doing?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "I'm going to electrocute him."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "But we're late for the charity auction."
  • (Christina Ricci) "But, Mother --"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "I said no."
  • (Jimmy Workman) "Pleeaaaase?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Oh, all right."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Have you spoken to her parents?"
  • (Susan Firkins, Wednesday's Teacher) "Well, Wednesday brought in this picture: Calpurnia Addams."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Wednesday's great-aunt Calpurnia. She was burned as a witch in 1706. They said she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister."
  • (Susan Firkins, Wednesday's Teacher) "Really?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Oh, yes. But don't worry. We've told Wednesday college first."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Gomez, why don't we go for a drive? The whole family."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "A drive? And miss Gilligan?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Why don't you speak to Fester, darling? He's right outside the door."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "I would speak with Fester if that were Fester. But that is not. That is an impostor. An impostor."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "You've done this before."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "And our credo: "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "It's so sweet. He looks just like a little entrée."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "When we first met years ago, it was an evening much like this. Magic in the air. A boy."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "A girl."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "An open grave. It was my first funeral."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "You were so beautiful. Pale and mysterious. No one even looked at the corpse."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Don't torture yourself, Gomez. That's my job."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Margaret?"
  • (Dana Ivey) "Hmm?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "About the séance tonight, I wish you'd come. It's Gomez I'm terribly worried about. He won't eat, he can't sleep, he keeps coughing up blood."
  • (Dana Ivey) "He coughs up blood?"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Well, not like he used to --"
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Thing, you're a handful."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Dead Man's Curve."
  • (Anjelica Huston) "Children, we're starting. Put down that antenna."
  • (Anjelica Huston) ""Uncle Niknak's winter wardrobe." "Uncle Niknak's summer wardrobe." "Uncle Niknak.""
  • (Anjelica Huston) "There it is. Just what we've been searching for. Thank you, Thing."

Paul Benedict as Judge

  • (Paul Benedict) "Damn you, Addams."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "Sorry about the window, Judge. Keep the ball, I have a whole bucket full."
  • (Paul Benedict) "You moron."

Carel Struycken as Lurch

  • (Carel Struycken) "Uh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-uh."

Jimmy Workman as Pugsley

  • (Jimmy Workman) "-- Because we're Addams'."
  • (Raúl Juliá) "We're Addams'."

Mercedes McNab as Girl Scout

  • (Mercedes McNab) "Is this made from real lemons?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "Yes."
  • (Mercedes McNab) "I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?"
  • (Jimmy Workman) "Yes."
  • (Mercedes McNab) "Well, I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?"
  • (Christina Ricci) "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"

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