Mary Steenburgen movie quotes

View Quote Brennan: [about Robert] I'm not gonna call him "Dad".
Nancy: Brennan, you're 39 years old. I would not expect you to call him "Dad".
Brennan: Well, I'm not going to. Ever. Even if there's a fire!

View Quote Nancy: Today, I saw my own son use a bicycle as a weapon. You yelled "rape" at the top of your lungs.
Brennan: Mom, I honestly thought I was going to be raped for a second. He had the craziest look in his eyes, and at one point he said, "Let's get it on".
Dale: That was about the fighting! I'm so not a raper!

View Quote Brennan: Robert better not get in my face... 'cause I'll drop that mother****er.
Nancy: Jesus, Brennan.

View Quote Emily: You sure like sugar, huh?
Buddy: Is there sugar in syrup?
Emily: Yes.
Buddy: Then YES! We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.
Emily: So, Would You Be Staying With Us Then?

View Quote Walter: Are you crazy? He can't stay here.
Emily: We can't just throw him out in the snow.
Walter: Why not? He loves the snow. He's told me 15 times.
Emily: Walter, he's your son.

View Quote [Walter is eating dinner with Emily and Michael]
Walter: Hey, uh... I'm gonna eat in the bedroom, okay? I, uh, I got a bunch of stuff to go over.
Emily: Are you sure?
Walter: I'm... I'm just way behind on a bunch of stuff.
Emily: Okay.
Michael: Can I eat in my room?
Emily: No.
Michael: Why not? Dad's eating in his room. [Mimics father's voice] I got a bunch of homework to go over, and I'm way behind on a bunch of stuff.
Emily: You're eating here.

View Quote Jessie: Your grandmother tutored you — did she ever say anything about it?
Powder: She said I was a fast learner.
Jessie: Yeah, well, I think that's about to fall into the "no shit" category.

View Quote Sheriff Barnum: What the hell you doing, Jess?
Jessie: The right thing — and if you don't see that, why don't you just turn your head, and please, please, just look the other way.
Sheriff Barnum: I don't know how to do that, Jess.

View Quote I'm telling you. I've never seen anything like him. … Because of the way he's lived — he doesn't seem to know what things are. I mean, things you and I take for granted, common everyday objects, simple ideas. I just don't think he's ever been exposed to them. He's about the most well-read teenage kid you could ever meet, but in other ways, I think he's a lot like a little child.

View Quote Taylor: Mommy what was that?
Karen: That was an electrical ear cleaner.
Taylor: It was kinda big.
Grandma: It sure was.

View Quote Gil: What's the matter, honey? You don't feel so good?
Taylor: Yeah.
Gil: You feel like you want to throw up?
Taylor: Okay.
[vomits all over Gil, and starts crying]
Karen: Oh Taylor, baby... Gil, why are you :standing there?
Gil: Waiting for her head to spin around.

View Quote [Kevin's birthday. A stripper comes to Buckman residence]
Stripper: So what is the name of the birthday boy? I will paint his name on my breasts.
Karen: What in the world?
Gil: We did not order any stripper! We hired Cowboy Dan.
Stripper: Is that so, let me call my boss.
Stripper uses phone to call boss, then hangs up
Stripper: Oh my goodness, I am so sorry. My boss screwed up our assignments. I was supposed to do that birthday party at the Army base, but my boss sent Cowboy Dan there.
Karen: Then have him come here.
Stripper: There's a problem, you see, the soldiers got the wrong idea and beat up Cowboy Dan really good. He is in the hospital.
Kevin: Cowboy Dan is not here? All the kids will hate me!
Gil: Kevin, pull yourself together! A cowboy is coming.

View Quote I started an Instagram feed for your father to give voters a peek behind the curtain. Your mother's going viral!

View Quote We have been so worried about seeming perfect, but maybe we don't even know what perfect is. We have one daughter who has been unhappy in a marriage and felt like she couldn't tell us! And another daughter who just had her heart broken because she was afraid we wouldn't love her if she told us the truth. And the only reason that Jane is okay is because we gave up on her after she wouldn't stop biting in preschool. That is very far from perfect, if you ask me.

View Quote [Defense opening statement] Fact: Andrew Beckett's performance on the job varied from competent to good, to often times mediocre, to sometimes flagrantly incompetent. Fact: he claims he's the victim of lies and deceit. Fact: it was Andrew Beckett who lied, going through lengths to conceal his disease from his employers. Fact: Andrew Beckett was successful in his duplicity, the partners at Wyatt Wheeler did not fire Andrew Beckett because he had AIDS. Fact: Andrew Beckett is dying. Fact: Andrew Beckett is angry because his lifestyle, his reckless behavior has cut short his life and in his anger, in his rage he is lashing out and he wants someone to pay.