diff --git a/src/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHI.cs b/src/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHI.cs
index b45aabb06..5c547f965 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHI.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHI.cs
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Forms
                             insertDash = false;
                     }
 
-                    if (arr0.Length > 0 && arr1.Length > 1 && !(arr[0].EndsWith('.') || arr[0].EndsWith('!') || arr[0].EndsWith('?') || arr[0].EndsWith("</i>", StringComparison.Ordinal)) &&
+                    string tempArr0QuoteTrimmed = arr[0].TrimEnd('"');
+                    if (arr0.Length > 0 && arr1.Length > 1 && !(tempArr0QuoteTrimmed.EndsWith('.') || tempArr0QuoteTrimmed.EndsWith('!') || tempArr0QuoteTrimmed.EndsWith('?') || tempArr0QuoteTrimmed.EndsWith("</i>", StringComparison.Ordinal)) &&
                         !(new StripableText(arr[1]).Pre.Contains('-')))
                     {
                         insertDash = false;
diff --git a/src/Test/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHearImpairedTest.cs b/src/Test/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHearImpairedTest.cs
index 0e906045a..1a216699e 100644
--- a/src/Test/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHearImpairedTest.cs
+++ b/src/Test/Logic/Forms/RemoveTextForHearImpairedTest.cs
@@ -1166,7 +1166,6 @@ namespace Test.Logic.Forms
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
-        [DeploymentItem("SubtitleEdit.exe")]
         public void RemoveTextSpeakerWithColonPlusLineWithHyphenAlsoRemoveInterjections()
         {
             RemoveTextForHI target = GetRemoveTextForHiLib();
@@ -1179,6 +1178,34 @@ namespace Test.Logic.Forms
             Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void RemoveTextQuotesInFirstLine()
+        {
+            RemoveTextForHI target = GetRemoveTextForHiLib();
+            target.Settings.RemoveTextBeforeColon = true;
+            target.Settings.RemoveTextBeforeColonOnlyUppercase = false;
+            target.Settings.RemoveInterjections = true;
+            string text = "- \"My father doesn't want me to be him.\"" + Environment.NewLine + "EAMES: Exactly.";
+            string expected = "- \"My father doesn't want me to be him.\"" + Environment.NewLine + "- Exactly.";
+            string actual = target.RemoveTextFromHearImpaired(text);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void RemoveTextQuotesInFirstLine2()
+        {
+            RemoveTextForHI target = GetRemoveTextForHiLib();
+            target.Settings.RemoveIfAllUppercase = false;
+            target.Settings.RemoveInterjections = true;
+            target.Settings.OnlyIfInSeparateLine = false;
+            target.Settings.RemoveTextBeforeColonOnlyUppercase = false;
+            target.Settings.ColonSeparateLine = false;
+            string text = "- \"Ballpark.\"" + Environment.NewLine + "-Hmm.";
+            const string expected = "\"Ballpark.\"";
+            string actual = target.RemoveInterjections(text);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
+        }
+
         #region Additional test attributes
 
         //