“Steel Magnolias” quotes
(1989)
Title Steel Magnolias
Year 1989
Director Herbert Ross
Genre Drama, Romance
Year 1989
Director Herbert Ross
Genre Drama, Romance
Plot – In Chinquapin, Louisiana, Ms. M'Lynn Eatenton, her daughter Shelby, the old and litigious Ousier Boudreaux, Clairee Belcker, their common hairdresser and her assistant Annelle Dupuy Desoto frequently meet at the beauty salon. On marriage Shelby gathers the concerns of his mother because she wants to have a baby, although she is severely affected by diabetes.
All actors – Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Bill McCutcheon, Ann Wedgeworth, Knowl Johnson, Jonathan Ward, Bibi Besch, Janine Turner, James Wlcek, Ronald Young, Nancy Parsons, Robert Ginnaven, Tom Hodges, Rick Hurst, Robert Harling, C. Houser, Daniel Camp, Norman Fletcher, Lori Tate, Robert Adams, Carol Sutton, Aja Sansone, Rodney Alan Fulton, Spencer Henderson, Sandra Asbury-Johnson, Gale J. Odom, Betsy Widhalm, Oscar J. Bienvenu Jr., Teresa Beaudion, Gladys Mallard, Betty J. Dove, Travis Harrison, James Shapkoff III, Walker May, Robert R. Morgan, Roger D. McCann, Debbie McCann, Trent Dawson
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“Sammy's so confused he doesn't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt.”
“I'd recognize this penmanship anywhere. You have the handwritin' of a serial killer.”
“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”
“There is no such thing as natural beauty.”
“- Drum Eatenton: Ouiser you look like hammered shit.
- Ouiser Boudreaux: Don't you talk to me like that!
- Drum Eatenton: Oh, I'm sorry you look like regular shit.”“Smile! It increases your face value.”
“A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
“The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God.”
“- 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.”“- 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.”“He's a real gentleman! I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it!”
“- 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.”“I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.”
“You sound almost chipper. What happened today, you run over a small child or something?”
“Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly.”
“Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin' across your face.”
“Oh sweetheart don't. Please don't cry or I will too. I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.”
“Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.”
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