Olympia Dukakis movie quotes

“I'm thinking that sometimes you just have to make the decision to be happy. Just decide. Things aren't ever what you hoped they'd be.”
Olympia Dukakis - Marian

“- Mollie: You spent forty years with a man who looked good in a uniform? Ma, you had no idea if he was a mature, responsible person!
- Rosie: If I thought like that, we wouldn't have gotten through the first week. And that was some week!”
Kirstie Alley - Mollie
Olympia Dukakis - Rosie

“- Personnel Director: Tess, Tess, Tess, Tess. You don't get ahead in this world by calling your boss a pimp.
- Tess McGill: Well, he is.”
Olympia Dukakis - Personnel Director
Melanie Griffith - Tess McGill

“- Cosmo Castorini: Rose. Rose. Rose! Rose!
[She wakes up]
- Rose Castorini: Who's dead?”

Vincent Gardenia - Cosmo Castorini
Olympia Dukakis - Rose Castorini

“You know, you would be a much more contented, pleasant person if you would find ways to occupy your time.”
Olympia Dukakis - Clairee Belcher

“- Clairee Belcher: Ousier's never done a religious thing in her life.
- Ouiser Boudreaux: Now that is not true. When I was in school, a bunch of my friends and I would dress up as nuns and go bar-hoppin'.”
Olympia Dukakis - Clairee Belcher
Shirley MacLaine - Ouiser Boudreaux

“- Rose Castorini: But why would a man need more than one woman?
- Mr. Johnny Cammareri: I don't know. Maybe because he fears death.”
Olympia Dukakis - Rose Castorini
Danny Aiello - Mr. Johnny Cammareri