A character in The Last Picture Show (1971)

Genevieve quotes from The Last Picture Show (1971)

Eileen Brennan

7th most-quoted character in The Last Picture Show (1971): in 4 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: Sonny Crawford (2)

A line from Genevieve

One thing I know for sure - a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offerin' him a handkerchief...it's an awful small town for any kinda carryin' on...And some people got a lotta guns.

More lines from Genevieve

1 quote
Genevieve
[to Sonny, about Duane enlisting in the army]

Good place for him, too...That boy's always had meanness in him, 'cause Jacy's just the kinda girl that brings out the meanness in a man. She's just like her grandmother. I oughtn't to talk about 'em anyhow. We was all good friends once. Dan roughnecked with Gene Farrow. He and Lois - they used to live in this little one room place over the newspaper office. Lois couldn't afford a flour-sack, much less a mink. I've always had a soft spot for her, though. Yeah, I wondered a lotta times, you know, what would've happened if my Dan had made the strikes that Gene made. They offered that rig to him first, yep, but then Morgan never took a chance in his life.

Scenes with Genevieve

2 scenes
Genevieve

She (Charlene) doesn't have a good disposition - what are you blue about then?

Ain't nobody to go with in this town. Jacy's the only pretty girl in school and Duane's got her.

Genevieve

I'd call that his tough luck...Jacy'll bring him more misery than she'll ever be worth.

Genevieve

I don't know. You and Duane - both in a boardinghouse - him with a mother, and you with a father. Don't seem right. And your dad's takin' too many pills, you know...But then I'm no one to talk. I never did get on with Mama - I still don't.

Say, I hear Dan's goin' back to work soon. I guess you'll be quittin' before long.

Genevieve

Honey, we got four thousand dollars worth of doctor bills to pay. I will probably be makin' cheeseburgers for your grandkids.

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