“You know, I admit I may not be the best mother in the world, but I'm doing the best I know how, and he doesn't need you to rub his face in shit because you think it's good for him! He's gonna find out that the world is a horrible place and that people suck soon enough and without any help from you!”

Laura Linney - Sammy

“- John Hull: David, come on. Take your feet off the couch. You don't do that at your mother's house, do you?
- David Jason: Nouveau anal, I think this is called.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Jeff Goldblum - David Jason

“- Devonia Peet: If you ask me, what these children need is a little discipline.
- Alice Newton: What these children need is their mother.”

Laurel Cronin - Devonia Peet
Bonnie Hunt - Alice Newton

“- Little Carrie: Momma says good girls don't get them.
- Estelle Horan: Your mom is such a hypocrite. She's like a C cup.
- Little Carrie: Momma said she was bad when she made me. She calls them dirty pillows.”

Jodelle Ferland - Little Carrie
Michaela Mann - Estelle Horan

“Even bad men love their mommas.”
Russell Crowe - Ben Wade