Olympia Dukakis quotes
- From the movie: Moonstruck
- From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“I'd recognize this penmanship anywhere. You have the handwritin' of a serial killer.”
- From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”
- From the movie: Moonstruck
“- Rose Castorini: Why do men chase women?
- Mr. Johnny Cammareri: Well, there's a Bible story... God... God took a rib from Adam and made Eve. Now maybe men chase women to get the rib back. When God took the rib, he left a big hole there, where there used to be something. And the women have that. Now maybe, just maybe, a man isn't complete as a...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Moonstruck
“- Rose Castorini: Do you love him, Loretta?
- Loretta Castorini: Aw, ma, I love him awful.
- Rose Castorini: Oh, God, that's too bad.” - From the movie: Moonstruck
“- Rose Castorini: How's the mother?
- Loretta Castorini: She's dying. But I could still hear her big mouth.” - From the movie: Picture Perfect
“- Rita: I'd like a grandchild. So, shoot me.
- Kate: All right, Ma. Well, you'll be happy to know I'm looking into getting some eggs frozen.
- Rita: Wonderful. I can tell everyone I'm having a grandsicle.” - From the movie: Moonstruck
“- Rose Castorini: I just want you to know no matter what you do, you're gonna die, just like everybody else.
- Cosmo Castorini: Thank you, Rose.” - From the movie: Mr. Holland's Opus
- From the movie: Look Who's Talking
- From the movie: Away From Her
“- Grant Anderson: Which kind of person are you?
- Marian: I was pretty mad about it. But now... looking at what came my way I think I could be the other kind of person. Quite the philosopher, huh?” - From the movie: Steel Magnolias
- From the movie: Mr. Holland's Opus
“- Principal Helen Jacobs: Next week, I have a meeting with the school board. And there are people in this community who believe that rock and roll is a message sent from the devil himself. Now when that issue comes up, what can I tell them?
- Glenn Holland: Mrs. Jacobs, you tell them that I am teaching music, and that I will use anything from...” (continue)(continue reading) “Winning is everything in Hollywood.”
- La trovi in Actors' Love Affairs
“You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you.”
- La trovi in Actors and God & Religion
“God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy.”
- From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“- Clairee Belcher: Janice Van Meter got hit with a baseball. It was fabulous.
- Truvy Jones : Was she hurt?
- Clairee Belcher: I doubt it. She got hit in the head.” - From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“- Annelle Dupuy Desoto: That is one ugly dog. What kind of dog is that?
- Clairee Belcher: If it had hair, it'd be a Saint Bernard.” - From the movie: Moonstruck
- From the movie: Look Who's Talking
- From the movie: Mighty Aphrodite
- From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“- Truvy Jones: I kind of like hiring somebody with a past.
- Clairee Belcher: She can't be more than eighteen. She hasn't had time to have a past.” - From the movie: Moonstruck
- From the movie: Away From Her
“The only thing that separates one kind of person from another is there are some who stay angry about it and there are some who... accept what comes their way.”
- From the movie: Steel Magnolias
“You sound almost chipper. What happened today, you run over a small child or something?”
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