Patricia Clarkson movie quotes

“- Olive: Can you not see that I'm a mess?
- Rosemary: No, you're not, Olive. You're wonderful. And you'll handle this the same way I did. With an incontrovertible sense of humor. But you're much smarter than I am, so you'll come out of this much better than I did.
- Olive: Thank you, Mom.”

Emma Stone - Olive
Patricia Clarkson - Rosemary

“Maybe I will just go to China. I like China. We had fabulous... Opium there.”
Patricia Clarkson - Greta

“- Margaret Larsen: There can't be such devils out there.
- Jerry Black: There are such devils.”

Patricia Clarkson - Margaret Larsen
Jack Nicholson - Jerry Black

“- Herb Brooks: I got a telegram from a lady in Texas today, and you know what it said?
- Patty Brooks: What?
- Herb Brooks: Beat those Commie bastards.”
Kurt Russell - Herb Brooks
Patricia Clarkson - Patti Brooks

“- Rachel 2: Once you’re declared insane, and anything you do is called part of that insanity. Reasonable protests are ‘denial’. Valid fears ‘paranoia’.
- Teddy Daniels: Survival instincts are ‘defense mechanisms’.
- Rachel 2: You’re smarter than you look, Marshal. That’s probably not a good thing.”
Patricia Clarkson - Rachel 2
Leonardo DiCaprio - Teddy Daniels

“- Dill: Yeah, no dating.
- Rosemary: No dating.
- Dill: No dating for you, young lady.
- Olive: Oh, I think my complete lack of allure already kinda shot that horse in the face.”

Stanley Tucci - Dill
Patricia Clarkson - Rosemary
Emma Stone - Olive

“I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.”
Patricia Clarkson

“I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.”
Patricia Clarkson

“I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.”
Patricia Clarkson

“I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.”
Patricia Clarkson

“I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.”
Patricia Clarkson

“- Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows. Everyone will.
- Carietta 'Carrie' White: They're called breasts, Momma. All the girls have them. They're very fashionable these days.”
Patricia Clarkson - Margaret White
Angela Bettis - Carietta 'Carrie' White

“Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.”
Patricia Clarkson - Dagmar

“- Dagmar: It's such a comfort sometimes, just to have somebody's arms around you. Don't you think?
- Lars Lindstrom: No.
- Dagmar: It feels good.
- Lars Lindstrom: It does not feel good. It, it hurts.”
Patricia Clarkson - Dagmar
Ryan Gosling - Lars Lindstrom

“- Tom Bartlett: She cursed me. She said in this creepy little voice, a man's character is his destiny...
- Lois McNally: Oh... She's a wise witch. She casts her spells in proverbs.”

Sean Patrick Flanery - Tom Bartlett
Patricia Clarkson - Lois McNally

“- Harry Callahan: Do you like cops?
- Samantha Walker: As long as they're not in my rearview mirror.”
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan
Patricia Clarkson - Samantha Walker

“- Carietta 'Carrie' White: Jesus will help me. He will help me if I really need him.
- Margaret White: Not if he doesn't love you anymore.
- Carietta 'Carrie' White: Jesus loves everybody Momma. Even me!”

Angela Bettis - Carietta 'Carrie' White
Patricia Clarkson - Margaret White

“- Melinda Moores: What's your name?
- John Coffey: John Coffey, ma'am.
- Melinda Moores: Like the drink, only not spelled the same.
- John Coffey: No, ma'am. Not spelled the same at all.”
Patricia Clarkson - Melinda Moores
Michael Clarke Duncan - John Coffey

“- Melinda Moores: Why do you have so many scars?
- John Coffey: Don't really remember, ma'am.”
Patricia Clarkson - Melinda Moores
Michael Clarke Duncan - John Coffey

“- Hugh: I lost my wife and kids..
- Allison: Ask the bartender, he can find anything.”
Dennis Quaid - Hugh
Patricia Clarkson - Allison