“- Coco LaBouche: Years of clawing my way to the top, have gone to waste. Why am I not some childstandard mother? Why? Why? Why?
- Jean-Claude: Becuase you hate children, and men find you, to be a heartless shrew.”
Susan Sarandon - Coco LaBouche
John Lithgow - Jean-Claude

“My mother took advantage of it from an early age, throwing me into plays, spelling bees, studying, writing, museums, concerts, and even more writing. She convinced me this would lead to the Holy Grail: Harvard. A place where I would finally be surrounded by people I had something in common with.”

Christina Ricci - Elizabeth

“- Chandler Young: What is your background?
- Jack Hartounian: My father was Armenian. My other was half Jewish, half English, half Spanish.
- Chandler Young: That's three halves.
- Jack Hartounian: Oh, she was a big woman.”
Robert Stack - Chandler Young
Jackie Mason - Jack Hartounian

“- Mary: Think soothing thoughts...rabid bats, black death, mummy's scorpion pie.
- Sanderson sisters: Mother.”
Kathy Najimy - Mary
Bette Midler - Winifred
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sarah

“You're not ashamed of me. You're really ashamed of yourself. Tell Lulu, easy on the chronic.”
Jodi Long - Korean Mother