Tuesday, March 14, 2006

And to think that I'm not even a big fan of Barbra Streisand...

Because it makes me happy, here are some of my favorite quotes
(in no particular order) from the movie:

THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
(1996)





Rose Morgan: When my date takes me home and kisses me good night, if I don't hear the philharmonic in my head, I dump him.
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Rose Morgan: Think of this. Sex was always the fatal love potion. Look at the literature of the time. All consummation could lead to was madness, despair or death. Experts, scholars and my Aunt Esther are united in one belief: True love has spiritual dimensions, while romantic love is a lie. A myth. A soulless manipulation. And speaking of manipulation...It's like going to the movies and seeing the lovers kiss...the music swells, and we buy it, right? So when my date kisses me, and I don't hear strings, I dump him. The question is, why do we buy it? Because, myth or manipulation, we all want to fall in love. That experience makes us feel completely alive. Our everyday reality is shattered, and we are flung into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, but that doesn't diminish its value. We're left with memories we treasure for the rest of our lives. I read, ''When we fall in love, we hear Puccini in our heads.'' I love that. His music expresses our need for passion and romantic love.
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Rose Morgan: This thing that we call a wedding ceremony is really the final scene of the fairy tale. They never tell you what happens after. They never tell you that Cinderella drove the Prince crazy with her obsessive need to clean the castle, cause she missed her day job, right?
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Claire: You are the mother of the bride, not the opening act.
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Claire: Now you spend an extra hour in front of the mirror every morning and every night. And now you'll be the one to walk into a room and scan it for who looks better than you and who doesn't. And as the years go by, the numbers change. One day you'll walk into a room and you're the last woman any man notices.
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Rose Morgan: What, what? Yes, I have breasts. They cannot, however, be the subject of one of your papers.
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Claire: If he weren't gorgeous, rich and straight, I wouldn't even have bothered.
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Henry Fine: I don't date these girls because they're well read. I gave one of them a copy of "Farewell to Arms". She thought it was a diet book.
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Gregory Larkin: The mathematical world is completely rational, uncomplicated by sex.
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Rose Morgan: Look at me, I'm a grown woman in a prom dress.
Claire: Oh, please. You look adorable.
Rose Morgan: Adorable? I look like an over-the-hill Barbie Doll. It doesn't fit right, it's too tight.
Claire: Too many Sno Balls.
Rose Morgan: Why didn't you pick something looser and in my color?
Claire: Because Maids of Honor don't wear black.
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Rose Morgan: It's not a date. We're just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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Gregory Larkin: I want to be upfront with you. I am not interested in sex.
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Gregory Larkin: You don't use make-up, do you?
Rose Morgan: What's the point? I'd still look like me, only in color.
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Rose Morgan: Let's face it. They're not standing in line for me.
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Rose Morgan: By the way, would telling you now that I want sex tonight be enough of a warning?
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Gregory Larkin: I don't care if you're pretty, I love you anyway!
Rose Morgan: Everything will drop as l get older, and I’m gaining weight as we speak.
Gregory Larkin: That's comforting.
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Rose Morgan: I just can't eat a greasy cheeseburger in the middle of the day anymore. Doesn't it bloat you?
Doris: Bloat me? No, it doesn't bloat me! Actually I thought it went real well with the spare ribs I had for breakfast.
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Gregory Larkin: But I love the old Rose! The one with no makeup and baggy clothes who loves 'the perfect bite'! She eats carrots now, isn't that tragic?
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Hannah Morgan: Then why are you going to all this trouble unless that something might *happen* with this one?
Rose Morgan: Mother, would you stop calling him "this one", it sounds like you're picking out a lobster!
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Rose Morgan: Why don't you get the coffee?
Hannah Morgan: I've buried a husband, I've raised two daughters. I've made my coffee.
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Claire: Your hair looks good, the curls work. Why don't you get a perm?
Rose Morgan: I tried that once, I looked like Shirley Temple on crack.
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Claire: Now you listen to me!
Rose Morgan: Take it easy, Claire!
Claire: Now, I want you to get up there and remember that this is MY day... and if you don't behave yourself, I'm gonna have your birth certificate blown up as a Christmas card!
Hannah Morgan: I should never have encouraged you to speak.
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Rose Morgan: I don't feel anything, isn't that great! I never thought about how *I* would feel, I only ever thought about you. I only wanted to make you happy, I never thought I was good enough for you.
Alex: Oh but you are good enough for me, Rose, you are!
Rose Morgan: I know, I know, but Alex, you're not good enough for me!
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Candy: [to Gregory] Look, you're always such a nice guy. But let's face it, we have nothing in common except sex and the fact that you idolize me.
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Claire: Mother, the only thing you ever taught me about the Sabbath is that Bergdorf's wouldn't be as crowded.
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Rose Morgan: I tell you what I envy about people in love - I'd love it if someone knew me, I mean really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of, what kind of toothpaste I use.
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Rose Morgan: I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want valentines and cupids and all of that crap. I WANT IT ALL.
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Gregory Larkin: I want to be married to you!
Rose Morgan: Gregory, you ARE married to me!
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Rose Morgan: We all want to fall in love. Why? Because it makes us feel completely alive, where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified. Our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, an afternoon, but that doesn't diminish its value because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives.
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Gregory Larkin: You’re a confident, no-nonsense woman.
Rose Morgan: I sound like an airline.
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YEY!!


6 comments:

Denise said...

I love the quotes! Your entry made me realize that I don't have that movie on DVD yet, and it's going on my amazon wishlist today! What a good movie.

Amstaff Mom said...

I've never seen this movie, nor am I a Babs fan, but I am intrigued. These are some true quips. I was wondering at first if this reflected your philosophy on marriage!!! >:p

There are some really good writers out there. And they seem to have collaborated on this movie.

Deals On Wheels said...

It is such a good movie, which totally surprised me. It came out when I was in high school, and a friend dragged me to go see it with her. I was like, "Really? You want to see a movie with Barbra Streisand in it? Are you serious?!" Of course, she was and - much to my disbelief - I absolutely LOVED it. I quote it all the time.

Normally, romantic comedy isn’t really my thing. Neither is Jeff Bridges (I always think of him in STARMAN saying, “Plaz-tec. Plaaaz-tec”). However, I totally related to the "Rose Morgan" character and her philosophy on love and romance (yes, AM, you were right). Plus, I identify with her self-depreciating sense of humor, and with having a super-cute sister that all the boys want to be with.

*Sigh*

I just love this movie on so many different levels. If anyone out there (*ahem*, AMSTAFF) hasn’t seen this movie, you really should. Even if you end up hating the flick, at least you’d be able to identify quotes from the movie. I’m especially fond of saying things like, “Make-up? Today? What’s the point?...it would still be me, only in color”. :P

Amstaff Mom said...

That was one of my favorite quotes. I think this is a movie that I need to watch with you. Watching it by myself, I probably won't catch it all.

AHA! I KNEW it. You need a little less, hmm..., cynical approach to the whole "marriage thing".

I'm going to go back and read all these now that I'm awake.

Lia said...

You know what I hate? When they put the names of the actors over the wrong people in the picture. I mean, why put Barbra Streisand's name on the left when she's on the right in the picture?

How's that for missing the point?

Deals On Wheels said...

Lia: HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Good point! So true, and yet I never even noticed. :P