Shirley MacLaine movie quotes

“Grown women are prepared for life's little emergencies.”
Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway

“- Deedee: Emma said some things. First, she said I married you and had a family with you because I knew I wasn't good enough to go professional as a ballet dancer. That wasn't true. But... she also said I had a child with you to prove that you were straight. That was sort of true.
- Wayne: I know.
- Deedee: You... you do?
- Wayne: Yeah. I guess...” (continue)(continue reading)
Shirley MacLaine - Deedee
Tom Skerritt - Wayne

“- Suzanne Vale: I'm going to kill myself.
- Doris Mann: Don't say that, dear, even in jest. You just got out of drug clinic. People might take it the wrong way.”
Meryl Streep - Suzanne Vale
Shirley MacLaine - Doris Mann

“- Doris Mann: You said you have a ranch?
- Jack Faulkner: Yeah, out in Malibu.
- Doris Mann: If all ranchers looked like you, there wouldn't be many crops.”
Shirley MacLaine - Doris Mann
Dennis Quaid - Jack Faulkner

“- Aurora Greenway: I'm inviting you to come over and look at my Renoir.
- Garrett Breedlove: You're inviting me to bed.
- Aurora Greenway: It happens to be in my bedroom.
- Garrett Breedlove: Is the Renoir under the covers?
- Aurora Greenway: Don't cackle, Garrett. Do you want to see it?”
Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway
Jack Nicholson - Garrett Breedlove

“- Frank: I got a book and a bottle of whisky. I think I'll take them to the park and see which one I finish first.
- Helen Cooney: I'll bet on the bottle.
- Frank: I wouldn't bet against you.”
Richard Harris - Frank
Shirley MacLaine - Helen Cooney

“- Doris Mann: What is wrong with your hair?
- Suzanne Vale: I don't know; it's all the rage in the rehab.”
Shirley MacLaine - Doris Mann
Meryl Streep - Suzanne Vale

“He can't even do the simple things, like fail locally.”

Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway

“- 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

“- Deedee Rodgers: I know you're angry.
- Emilia: I'm not angry.
- Deedee Rodgers: You damn well are. You're just covering it up with ice.”
Shirley MacLaine - Deedee
Leslie Browne - Emilia