The 10 Best Quotes From ‘Wicked’

Wicked is making musicals cool again, thanks to the 2024 adaptation starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jonathan Bailey. While only part one has been released so far, the trailer for the second part, Wicked: For Good, was released yesterday, promising the return of our beloved characters as they navigate an even darker landscape than before.

To prepare ourselves for this upcoming sequel, here are the best quotes from Wicked:

1.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo): What are you staring at? Do I have something in my teeth?

Glinda (Ariana Grande): No, it’s just… You’re green.

Elphaba: I am.

2.

Wizard (Jeff Goldblum): The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.

3.

Glinda (Ariana Grande): It seems the artichoke is steamed.

4.

Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey): I’ll say this much, she doesn’t give a twig what anyone thinks.

Glinda (Ariana Grande): Of course she does. She just pretends not to.

5.

Glinda (Ariana Grande): Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them? Afterall, The Wicked Witch had a childhood. She had a father, who, by the way, had been appointed governor of Munchkinland. And she had a mother, as so many do.

6.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo): No, I am not seasick.

Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey): Neither am I.

Elphaba: No, I did not eat grass as a child.

Fiyero: Oh, you didn’t? I did.

Elphaba: And yes, I have always been green.

Fiyero: And the defensiveness, is that a recent development?

7.

Glinda (Ariana Grande): Let’s tell each other a secret that we’ve never told anyone else before. Okay, fine. I’ll go first: Fiyero and I are getting married.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo): He asked you already?

Glinda: Oh, he doesn’t know yet.

8.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo): So, no matter how shallow and self-absorbed you pretend to be…

Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey): Uh, excuse me, there’s no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

Elphaba: Oh, please. No you’re not. Otherwise you wouldn’t be so unhappy.

9.

Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey): You’ve been Galinda-fied.

10.

Glinda (Ariana Grande): That might be your secret, Elphaba, but that doesn’t make it true.

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