Catherine O’Hara has built a career on delivering lines that become instantly iconic. Some quotes work thanks to clever writing or perfect timing, but hers shine through sheer performance magic.

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Why we care: Nothing extends a movie’s shelf life like quotability. If a line from a movie still shows up 20 years after its release, be it in conversations between friends or as a reference in ...