She Done Him Wrong Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Lady Lou, played by Mae West, in the film She Done Him Wrong, directed by Lowell Sherman (1933).

Lady Lou likes a man in uniform. Military men. UPS guys. Chuck E. Cheese employees… she's not picky.

And she makes no bones about it, flirting with them point blank. She tells Captain Cummings (Mae West isn't the only one with a double entendre in this movie), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

How can he turn down an invitation like that?

Where you've heard it

This is Joey Tribbiani's "How you doin'?" of the 1930s. However, you mainly hear this one misquoted as "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?"

Additional Notable References:

• An episode of Lifetime show Devious Maids is titled "She Done Him Wrong."

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Frank, flirty, and frequently misquoted. By getting it right, you're not pretentious at all.