I've seen this movie several times and always enjoy its dark quirkiness. It's been a while since my last viewing, but I remember finding several lines particularly funny. If anyone wants to share their favorite lines, I'd like to hear them.
shareSee Marty, you've turned the household upside down. Anthony went out and bought a jacket, and I went to a lot of trouble to get sane, so you can't just leave. Lesly on the other hand...is free to go at any time!
shareOk I may mess it up a little but ONE of my faves is "were you being wise? that sounds like you were being wise. Well I knew it would happen, one day I would wake up wise. Oh one morning I woke up stupid. You did? What did you do? I went back to sleep. THAT WAS WISE!"
shareI'll probably mess this up. Some of my favorite are:
"There are croissants in the kitchen; they're filled with something, I forget what." (said twice)
and
"He told you it was his first time?"
"It wasn't? Why would he tell me that?"
"TO GET LAID!"
Oh yeah, I also like when the twins are berating the younger brother saying, "What are you going to do about it?" "Yeah, what are you going to do about it?" and he says, "I'm going to go upstairs, and...and...and...be really angry."
And of course, the story about the Ides of March party, and her costume. "I glued noodles on for brains. It was classier than it sounds."
"Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania's just this state that's in your way when you want to get somewhere else." I lived in the state most of my adult life, and she was right on the mark. For such a populous and historical state it inspires little loyalty or love.
Not to mention it's part of Jackie's hilarious I'm-the-alpha-female shtick on poor Lesly.
I wanted to be born again. But Mom said no.
One of my favs goes like this: "What's this? It's a painting. Do they have paintings in Pennsylvania?" ...and on to... "How did you get out? ...of poverty I mean. Oh, we left Pennsylvania. That's a step in the right direction, clearly."
I was born and raised in PA and I love it. This is exactly how people think of us, uncultured and poor (i.e. Amish). Anyway, this whole sequence is so funny I was almost in tears. Maybe because not only do I live in PA, but I'm also working on a Fine Art degree and there are paintings here I've seen them. I swear.
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I believe the best lines/memorable quotes all come from the second living room scene, when Leslie inters the room.
Leslie "Oh, sorry, I don't speak French."
Jackie "Who does?"
Marty "You do."
Jackie "Oh, that's right, I do."
And then....
Leslie "Well, I know how to say 'I love you" in sign language."
Anthony "Really? Let's see."
Leslie does sign language.
Jackie "Don't leave this girl alone with any handsome deaf-mutes, that's my advice to you, Marty."
But, by far, the best quote/most memorable line is when Jackie questions Leslie about being insane, and Leslie says she doesn't thing Jackie is insane, she's just spoiled.
Jackie: "Please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here, I'm going to bed."
There are many great other quotes, including Mrs. Pascal and Jackie on marriage: Mrs Pascal: "Call me old-fashioioned, but I'd say the wedding's off." Jackie: "Just as well, I always cry at weddings." Mrs. Pascal: "I even cried at my own... Must have had a premonition." There are literally too many to quote.
One of the best movies ever written, casted, and performed.
My favorite line is said by Mrs. Pascal after Leslie learns that she knew about her and Anthony.
"A mother doesn't spy, a mother pays attention."
I was just thinking about these lines:
Jackie: Where's my hairbrush? I had a hairbrush right here.
...
Anthony: What did it look like?
Jackie: It looked like a hairbrush. Like a brush you brush your hair with.
Mrs. Pascal: Was it pink?
Jackie: Yes it was pink, god damn it. It was pink. It was pink and now it's gone.
No pancakes today, I'm afraid!
"I've been over the edge. Now I'm back."
Electricity goes off. Tori: "Does this happen a lot?"
"Jackie O: "Every Goddamn hurricane."
Mother: "A person asks a civilized question and a person gets lectured on the nature of things."
Thats all I can remember at the moment.
"Ah, ya's fancy pants, alla ya's"
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
"Oh, there's something I've been meaning to ask you, and if I thought for one second it was true I'd probably kill myself. Does your finace work....in a donut shop?"
..."So is she like, the queen? Are we entertaining royalty?"
Glue is what tape is all about. Without glue it would just be paper.
They switched me. I used to be orange and now I'm brown. I got pills to match my eyes. Color me beautiful.
Your sister is not ill. If she were ill I could put her to bed, give her an asprin, fix her that soup you're supposed to make...chicken noodle. I mean, I can fix the soup, it comes in a can for heavan's sake, but I cannot make your sister well. Believe me, I have tried.
I suppose you think I'm going insane just to be fashionable.
shareMrs. Pascal: What's that gun doing there?
Jackie-O: It's not a gun. It's a camera.
Mrs. Pascal: It's a gun.
Jackie-O: It's a camera that looks like a gun.
Marty: Relax, Mama, it isn't loaded.
Mrs. Pascal: How do you know?
Marty: I checked.
Mrs. Pascal: What's it doing there?
Jackie-O: Being gunlike, gunonic, gunesque.
Mrs. Pascal: Where did it come from?
Jackie-O: God?
Mrs. Pascal: The turkey, I forgot. Thanksgiving dinner...
Mrs. Pascal: There's cranberry sauce, you can eat it raw.
Leslie: Oh, it's not raw. It's precooked.
Mrs. Pascal: Is that a gun?
Jackie: No, it's a camera. A gun-shaped camera.
Mrs. Pascal: What is that gun doing there?
Jackie: Being gun-like. Being gun-esque.
Mrs. Pascal: Jackie is that a drink you're drinking?
Don't remember who said what, but...I'll try.
Jackie: It's Liebfraumilch.
Leslie: What's that mean?
Jackie: Something German.
Marty: It means mother's milk.
Leslie: Oh Marty I didn't know you spoke French!
Marty: I don't. German.
I probably totally messed that up. It's been a zillion years since I've seen this movie.
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