"[To Francois] No, no, Francois. I tell you, no! You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake. [To the Major] Don't be so down-hearted, Major. You're not the only one I don't love. I don't love Francois either."

"Trouble in Paradise is a triumph of sexual awareness that treats the feints, twirls, and innuendo of romance as steps in every lucky human’s sojourn. These characters seem to be waltzing through the swamp of sex, and though they live the high life, their emotions bring them down to earth, in touch with their mortality."

"Herbert Marshall - Gaston Monescu / Gaston Lavalle"

"Miriam Hopkins - Lily Vautier"

"Kay Francis - Madame Mariette Colet"

"Edward Everett Horton - François Filiba"

"Charlie Ruggles - The Major"

"C. Aubrey Smith - Adolph J. Giron"

"Robert Greig - Jacques, Mariette's butler"

"Leonid Kinskey - the irate Communist"

"Don't Pronounce It . . . See It !"

"In Moscow they planted medals on her bosom . . . in Paris they planted kisses on her cheek . . ."

"It's only human to kiss!"

"Garbo laughs"

"The picture that kids the commissars!"

"Greta Garbo - Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff"

"Melvyn Douglas - Léon, comte d'Agoult"

"Ina Claire - Swana"

"Don't make an issue of my womanhood. We're here for work. All of us. Let's not waste any time. Shall we go?"

"Sig Ruman - Iranoff"

"Felix Bressart - Buljanoff"

"Alexander Granach - Kopalski"

"Gregory Gaye - Rakonin"

"Rolfe Sedan - Hotel Manager"

"Edwin Maxwell - Mercier"

"Richard Carle - Gaston"

"Bela Lugosi - Razinin"

"The last mass trials have been a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians."

"[looking at a ladies' hat in a display window] How can such a civilization survive which permits their women to put things like that on their heads? It won't be long now comrades."

"[to Gaston, Leon's butler] Is this what you call the butler? ...Good evening, comrade. This man is very old. You shouldn't make him work...He looks sad. Do you whip him?...[She puts her hand on his shoulder] The day will come when you'll be free. Go to bed, little father. We want to be alone."

"[Giving money to her comrades to enjoy Paris] Here are fifty francs...Bring me back forty-five."

"Oh Leon, don't ever ask me for a picture of myself. I couldn't bear the thought of being shut up in a drawer. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't stand it."

"[relaying what her lawyer says about retrieving her jewels] There may be a chance, that's all. The French government has recognized Soviet Russia and he doubts that they will risk a war for my poor sake. He might be able to make up some kind of a case but it would cost money, money, money. That's all they are interested in - those lawyers!"

"Oh dear me...I must be losing my finesse. If I'm not careful, I'll be understood by everybody."

"Title card: This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm --- and if a Frenchman turned out the light, it was not on account of an air raid!"

"Hotel manager: [to Kopalski, Iranoff, and Buljanoff] The apartment may suit your convenience but I doubt that it will fit your convictions."

"M-G-M's Laugh Riot!"