Gena Rowlands Quotes

Nancy Stein I never bothered you. You want to kill me. I devoted my life to you. To movies, to music, to theatre. I'm 17 years old. I like sex. I like to turn people on. And that's what the theatre is: sex. It's like getting laid.

Myrtle Gordon Um, what did you do to her?

Ivy But, you know, what's the matter with New Jersey? It's nice, if you will just give it a chance.

Paulie Why does your house have wheels?

Ivy Houses are a lot cheaper with wheels.

Paulie I was thinking more along the lines that houses with wheels can go to places.

Ivy Well, not anymore, I'm afraid. Earl and I used to travel all of the time, you know. But things change. He had even crazier ideas than you have got. We always used to talk about going to The Grand Canyon, but we just never got that far. Yow know, Earl said that if you stand right at the edge just when the sun comes up, it's like seeing the first sunrise in the whole world.

Paulie He was kind of poetic, wasn't he?

Ivy For an ex-Marine.

Paulie Hmm, you miss Earl.

Ivy Oh, let's not talk about that.

Paulie You miss Earl.

Ivy Eat your dinner.

Paulie Like I miss Marie.

Benny How much do you want for him, Artie?

Artie A lot more than ten bucks, baby. You'd have to grift for more than a year to make his numbers.

Ivy Okay, which one of you three is the proprietor?

Artie Very funny, toots. Uh... What have you there?

Ivy Oh, this? This is... This is my easel.

Artie Mmm-hmm.

Ivy It's a fine one. My late husband go it for me, and I really hate to part with it, you know.

Artie Yeah, whatever. Uh... Dead husband aside. Uh... Do you wanna pawn, or sell?

Ivy Well...

Tween Paulie The real question is, aren't you prepared to throw in that potholder on your head?!

Ivy Well, that was extremely rude! Did you teach him to do that?

Benny Uh... No. No, that's the thing. The dirty mouth is all his.

Tween Paulie What are you looking at?!

Ivy You know, I think I'll take him with me.

Benny Well, I don't think so, lady. You see, I saw the bird first.

Ivy Oh, no, no, no. I'm... I'm afraid you are not the right owner for him. Uh... You know, somebody has got to teach this beautiful bird some manners. Then it might as well be me.

Tween Paulie But, what's wrong with my manners?! BUUUUURRRRRPPPPP!

Jerry Bondi Jack, what are you going to do?

Jack Burns Well, about every six months, I figure I owe myself a good drunk. It rinses your insides out, sweetens you breath and tones up your skin.

Jack Burns A westerner likes open country. That means he's got to ] fences. And the more fences there are, the more he hates them.

Jerry Bondi I've never heard such ] in my ].

Jack Burns It's true though. Have you ever noticed how many fences there're getting to be? And the ] they got on them: no hunting, no hiking, no admission, no trespassing, private property, closed area, start moving, go away, get lost, drop dead! Do you know what I mean?

Richard Forst Jeannie, do me a favor. Don't be silly anymore. Just be yourself.

Jeannie Rapp But I am myself. Who else would I be?

Richard Forst I'm serious.

Jeannie Rapp Definition of serious: Blah blah blah blah...

Maurice Aarons You're not a woman to me anymore. You're a professional. You don't care about anything, do you? You don't care about personal relationships, love, sex, affection.

Myrtle Gordon Okay.

Maurice Aarons I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you.

Myrtle Gordon Good night.

Maurice Aarons Yeah, good night.

Jerry Bondi Maybe you'd be better off if they caught you.

Jack Burns Maybe, but I'd like to put it off for as long as possible.

Jeannie Rapp Skinny people are not like fat people. Fat people are jolly. Right?

Richard Forst Wrong. Skinny people are happy because they're not fat.

Richard Forst You're not fat.

Jeannie Rapp What?

Richard Forst You're voluptuous.

Ivy Oh! Oh.

Paulie You know, maybe your house shouldn't have wheels.

Ivy Oh, dear. All right, all right. I'll go get some help. You stay here. You know, it's... Don't be frightened. Let's see.

Jerry Bondi ] you me, if it didn't take men to make babies I wouldn't have anything to do with any of you!

Ivy The doctor said that I really shouldn't drive around anymore. So, you'll just have to go ahead without me. Los Angeles is due west from here right into the setting sun.

Adolescent Paulie Well, I'll be your eyes. I can watch the road for you. Besides, I can't go without you.

Ivy Oh, of course, you can. Listen, I'm not really a fond of "goodbye"s, dear. So, I think you should go. Just right now. And you'll send me a postcard, when you get there. Okay? Now, where did I put my comb? I know it's around here, someplace.

Ivy Oh! Thank you.

Narrator And so, I stayed.

Ivy Are we nearly home yet?

Adolescent Paulie Go to your right here. There you go.

Ivy You know what you are, Paulie? You're my seeing-eye parrot.

Ivy You've been a dear friend to me, Paulie. We're birds of a feather, you and I. Betwixt and between, that's us. So, what do we have tonight? Is it pretty?

Adolescent Paulie Oh, very pretty. There's more orange now, and it's getting darker. Just a little gold left.

Ivy The sun must be almost set. Can you see any stars yet?

Adolescent Paulie Not yet.

Narrator And then one day, the cat got her.

Adolescent Paulie Oh.

Narrator There are things in life you put off, because you think you can do them later. But, the real thing Ivy taught me was, that you'll have to learn to live it like there may not be a "later".

Ivy Are you ready?

Paulie I'm ready.

Ivy So long, Jersey!

Paulie So long, Jersey!

Narrator I thought flying was scary - until I drove with Ivy. Now, that's scary.

Jeannie Rapp You're a son-of-a-bitch, do you know that?

Richard Forst Why am I a son-of-a-bitch?

Jeannie Rapp Because you get to me.

Ivy That's it. Very good. You know, you should learn how to fly, Paulie.

Adolescent Paulie Well, the last time someone suggested that, it didn't work out so good.

Ivy You were missing out on doing something that was probably pretty great.

Adolescent Paulie Hey! Why don't you try it, and let me know? Aren't you tired?

Ivy Mmmm... Well, a little bit.

Jerry Bondi Jack, I'm going to tell you something. The ] that you and Paul live in doesn't exist. Maybe it never did... out there is the real world. And it's got real borders and real fences, real laws and real trouble. And you either go by the ] or you lose. You lose everything.

Jack Burns You can always keep something.

Freddie By the way, Jeannie, what do you charge?

Jeannie Rapp Freddie... Aw, Freddie... Aw, Freddie... Aw, no, Freddie... Don't spoil it, Freddie, please.

Freddie Spoil what? Honey, I'm game for anything. I just wanna know how much you charge. It's legitimate, isn't it? I know I have to pay. I'm not too schooled in these thngs, but I know that somewhere along the line, your little hand is going to find its way into my pocket. You're shocked, aren't you, old Dickie, old pal? What do you think she is? You think she's some clean towel that's never been used? My God, Dickie, you think you don't pay? How many times a week does Maria ask you for some money? Money, child, is a necessity, and don't you think that you don't work for it and pay for it. My God, what, what is this? He thinks I'm insulting you. I'm offering you. Hell, look, what's the matter? If I went to one of those fancy restaurants, I'd probably tip the headwaiter, the waiter, the busboy, and a hundred bucks goes flying down the drain--and I couldn't have any more fun than I could with Jeannie here.

Jerry Bondi I was expecting you, Jack. Isn't that odd? I heard a ] and I knew it was your horse.

Jack Burns I didn't want a house. I didn't want all those pots and pans. I didn't want anything but you. It's ]'s own ] I didn't get you.

Jerry Bondi Why?

Jack Burns Cause I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts. Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him. A guy like that, he'd kill a woman like you. Because he couldn't love you, not the way you are loved.

Hannah And you really didn't sleep with her?

Paul No.

Hannah And you didn't want to sleep with her?

Paul Good God, yes, I did.

Sarah Goode Just please tell me what this play doesn't express.

Myrtle Gordon Hope.

Phillip I should have stayed ] and watched ] on television.

Antonia Guy Lombardo's ].

Phillip Really?

Antonia Yeah.

Phillip How sad.

Antonia Yeah.

Miranda Who's Guy Lombardo?