Whoopi Goldberg movie quotes

“- Horror: Horror always has sad endings.
- Fantasy: I come from a world of happy endings, why don't you come with us?”
Frank Welker - Horror
Whoopi Goldberg - Fantasy

“If you wake up in the morning and you can’t think of anything but singing first, then you’re supposed to be a singer girl.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Mary Clarence

“- Sam Wheat: Would you stop rambling?
- Oda Mae Brown: I don't think I'm rambling, I'm just answering the question. He's got a attitude now.
- Sam Wheat: I don't have an attitude.
- Oda Mae Brown: Yes, you do have an attitude. If you didn't have an attitude, you would not have raised your voice at me now, would you?”
Patrick Swayze - Sam Wheat
Whoopi Goldberg - Oda Mae Brown

“- Oda Mae Brown: I know you don't think I'm giving this 4 million dollars to a bunch of nuns!
- Sam Wheat: Think of it this way, you'll go to Heaven.
- Oda Mae Brown: I don't want to go to Heaven, I want to go to the bank and cash a goddamn check!”
Whoopi Goldberg - Oda Mae Brown
Patrick Swayze - Sam Wheat

“- Avery Johnson: This is just a publicity stunt for you. You are not a coach!
- Eddie: You're not a player, looking like a little roach.”
Avery Johnson - Himself
Whoopi Goldberg - Eddie

“- Willy: What is she doin'?
- Joey: Oh, my God. She's prayin'.
- Deloris: Lord, I want you to forgive Willy and Joey, because they know not what they do. They're only doin' what Vince told 'em to do, because Vince is too chicken to do it himself! So he's called upon these two men to take care of his business! So I want you to forgive them, Lord.”

Richard Portnow - Willy
Robert Miranda - Joey
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“- Terry Doolittle: Hey man, try some soap, you know?
- Doug: I did. It got lonely.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Terry Dolittle
Jon Lovitz - Doug

“- Mother Superior: There are 3 vows every nun must accept: The vow of poverty. The vow of obedience.
- Deloris: Mm-Hmm.
- Mother Superior: And the vow of chastity.
- Deloris: I am outta here with that.”
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“I am not now, nor have I ever been a Las Vegas showgirl. I am a headliner.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Mary Clarence

- Celie Johnson: He just climb on top of me and do his business.
- Shug Avery: "Do his business"? You sound like he going to the toilet on you.
- Celie Johnson: That's what it feels like.
- Shug Avery: Why then, Miss Celie... that means you still a virgin!
Whoopi Goldberg - Celie Johnson
Margaret Avery - Shug Avery

“- Mother Superior: Girl groups? Boogie-woogie on the piano? What were you thinking?
- Deloris: I was thinkin' more like Vegas, y'know, get some butts in the seats.
- Mother Superior: And what next? Popcorn? Curtain calls? This is not a theater or a casino.
- Deloris: Yeah, but that's the problem. See, people like going to theaters, and they like...” (continue)(continue reading)
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“- Lyle Furgeson: Yes. Four-million dollars. And, um, how would you like that, Mrs. Miller?
- Oda Mae Brown: Tens and twenties?
- Sam Wheat: No, a cashier's check!
- Oda Mae Brown: Actually... I think better a cashier's check.
- Lyle Furgeson: Right...”
Bruce Jarchow - Lyle Furgeson
Whoopi Goldberg - Oda Mae Brown
Patrick Swayze - Sam Wheat

“There is no sun in this room, you will not get a tan. Take off those sunglasses.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Mary Clarence

This is great. I mean, I'm down here at 1:30 in the morning on the docks. I should just pin a hundred dollar bill to my ass and scream "Victim here! Victim here!”.
Whoopi Goldberg - Terry Dolittle

“- Sylvie Morrow: You just have to follow your intuition.
- Rebecca Trager Lott: My intuition is fine, it's yours I'm worried about!”
Whoopi Goldberg - Sylvie Morrow
Elizabeth Perkins - Rebecca Trager Lott

“- Deloris: There's nothing wrong with my life. You know, before I came here, I had a career, I had friends, I had clothing that fit. Before I came here, I was okay.
- Mother Superior: Oh, really? From what I've heard, your singing career was almost non-existent, and your married lover wants you dead. If you're fooling anyone, it is only...” (continue)(continue reading)
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior

“- Queen Constantina: Chris you've been up all night. Come have something to eat.
- Prince Christopher: I can't. I can't eat or rest until I've found her again.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Queen Constantina
Paolo Montalban - Prince Christopher

“- Eddie Souther: Nice church, huh?
- Deloris: Yes, very nice. Look, what am I gonna be? Quasimodo in the belfry? What is this?
- Eddie Souther: I want you to stay here for a while.
- Deloris: Where?
- Eddie Souther: In the convent. It's the safest place in the world. You think Vince is gonna look for you in a convent?”

Bill Nunn - Eddie Souther
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris

“I like working with directors. And I've saved a lot of their jobs. And they've saved a few of my performances...”
Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi Goldberg

- Manny Singer: One of the last things my wife said to me was: "Don't forget to pick up some almonds on the way home”. She said she had a coupon for roasted, but I was in a hurry and I didn't wait until she found it.
- Corrina Washington: I don't think she was angry, Manny. I think she understood. Now, do you wanna know the last thing I said to... (continue)(continue reading)
Ray Liotta - Manny Singer
Whoopi Goldberg - Corrina Washington

- Holly: Oh, God. To think it's possible I killed my baby's daddy.
- Jane: "To think it's possible"? You hit him in the head with a baseball bat. He's dead.
- Holly: No, I mean, it's possible that Nick is the daddy.
Drew Barrymore - Holly
Whoopi Goldberg - Jane

“- Shug Avery: More than anything God loves admiration.
- Celie Johnson: You saying God is vain?”
Margaret Avery - Shug Avery
Whoopi Goldberg - Celie Johnson

- Claudine: Why do they call him "Pig"?
- Eddie: 'Cause he's not kosher.

Lisa Ann Walter - Claudine
Whoopi Goldberg - Eddie

“- Odessa Cotter: Miss Thompson, I don't want your children to grow up scared of mine.
- Miriam Thompson: It's just that a lot of the whites are scared. I'm a little scared.
- Odessa Cotter: We're all scared. What's scarin' you Miss Thompson, who you are, or what Mr. Thompson wants you to be?”
Whoopi Goldberg - Odessa Cotter
Sissy Spacek - Miriam Thompson

“- Biker #2: Wanna dance, sister?
- Deloris: Why? You don't have any rhythm.”
Jeremy Roberts - Biker #2
Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris