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Susan Sarandon Quotes

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Nonnas - Susan Sarandon as Gia

Memorable Quotes from Susan Sarandon

52 quotes
Acts of Kindness in Unlikely Places
Sally Why are you doing this for me?
Lou Hey, it's nothing, Sinatra gives wings to hospitals. We all do what we can.
Discussing Parenthood and Readiness
J.D. So, tell me something, Miss Thelma. How is it you ain't got any kids? I mean God gets you something special, I think you oughta pass it on.
Thelma Well, Darryl, that's my husband.
J.D. Darryl?
Thelma Yeah, he says he's not ready yet. He says he's still too much of a kid himself. He kinda prides himself on being infantile.
Louise He's got a lot to be proud of.
Thelma Louise and him don't get along.
Louise That's putting it mildly.
Thelma She thinks he's a pig.
Louise I know he's a pig.
Medical Check-Up and Parental Discussion
Immunosuppression Doctor What color's that cross?
Immunosuppression Doctor That's right. It's red. I'm gonna speak to your parents but Leah's gonna stay and check your blood pressure, okay? I'll be right back.
Leah I'll just put this around your arm.
Immunosuppression Doctor Look, it's important you both know what's going on. Cyclophosphamides are no picnic. This is all-out chemotherapy. We're gonna be suppressing his immune system. It's very high-risk We're gonna need to keep him here at least three weeks.
Leah That's it.
Immunosuppression Doctor Lorenzo's still walking, he's still talking, he's still communicating. But that can all change, now, knowing all of this, do you still want us to go through with this?
Michaela Odone Given the alternatives, yes.
Acknowledging Divine Identity and Human Struggles
Sister Helen Prejean You are a son of God.
Matthew Poncelet Thank you. I've never been called a son of God before. I've been called a son of a you-know-what plenty of times, but I've never been called a son of God.
[in tears; laughs slightly]
Perspectives on Size and Preference
Jane Spofford I prefer small.
Sukie Ridgemont Oh, yeah, right...
Jane Spofford No, no, no, Sam was huge, and there were times when I just could not face it.
Alexandra Medford Really? Well, I'm sort of in the middle myself. But hey, as long as it works, it's in.
Sukie Ridgemont, Alexandra Medford, Jane Spofford It's in.
Belief in Unlikely Talents
Thelma I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit.
Louise I believe you do.
Unexpected Moments of Connection and Humor
Michaela Odone Anyhow, it was snowing and he began to rub my hands to warm them.
Michaela Odone No, no, no, he then produced photos of his wife and children.
Deirdre Murphy That old routine!
Augusto Odone Oh, Deirdre!
Michaela Odone Had I'd known this would be the man I would wait ten years for, I would've let you pick up the check.
Lorenzo Odone (from outside) Hey, everybody! Look at me! (Laughs happily)
Augusto Odone I did pick it up!
Michaela Odone Excuse me! You did not! I'm sorry but I… I even left the tip! (Laughs) Look at him, Mother!
Woman That's not fair!
Girl Lorenzo's fallen off his bike and he is really bleeding!
Unusual Season for Annie Savoy
Annie Savoy This is the damndest season I've ever had; the Durham Bulls can't lose and I can't get laid!
A Place Without Happily Ever Afters
Queen Narissa To a place where there no happily ever afters.
['''Nathaniel''': Oh, my most adored Queen, where did you send her?]
A Moment of Connection and Storytelling
Lorenzo Odone Now, hold my hand.
Michaela Odone Yes, Sweetie.
Lorenzo Odone Now, the story.
Michaela Odone And what story is that, Sweetheart.
Lorenzo Odone La Notte di San Lorenzo
Michaela Odone San Lorenzo, who is?
Lorenzo Odone My patron saint and saint to my father's village.
Michaela Odone That's right, and what happened to him?
Lorenzo Odone He was in Rome and, I forgot.
Augusto Odone Well; many years ago, the bad guy says to him Bring me the riches of your church! and Lorenzo, he brings them the beggars and the sick people and he says—
Lorenzo Odone These are our riches!
Augusto Odone Yes! Bravo, Lorenzino!
Michaela Odone That's wonderful, Sweetheart! So clever!
Augusto Odone Bravo! And tonight, August 10th, is?
Lorenzo Odone La Notte di San Lorenzo.
Michaela Odone The night of the shooting stars.
Augusto Odone When anything can happen.
Faith in the Church of Baseball
Annie Savoy I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped ], ], ], ], ], trees, mushrooms, and ]. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave ] a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology.
[Opening narration; [Buddha; [Allah; [w:Brahma|Brahma; [w:Vishnu|Vishnu; [w:Siva|Siva; [Isadora Duncan; [Jesus; sigh]
Questioning the Focus on Men
Alexandra Medford I don't think that men are the answer to everything.
Jane Spofford Then why do we always end up talking about them?
Queen Narissa Promises a Spectacular Show
Queen Narissa You want a show? I'll give you a show. Back up and get ready for the main event!
Queen Narissa's Determined Threat
Queen Narissa Another chance? What do you think poison apples grow on trees? There's only one left! You are out of chances! NO, FORGET IT! I'M COMING THERE, AND I WILL KILL THE LITTLE WRETCH MYSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELF!!!
['''Nathaniel''': Your Majesty, please...]
Discussion on Race and Activism
Matthew Poncelet I like rebels. Some blacks is OK. ], he led his people all the way to DC and kicked the white man's butt.
[[Martin Luther King]
Sister Helen Prejean You respect Martin Luther King?
Matthew Poncelet He put up a fight. He wasn't lazy.
Sister Helen Prejean What about lazy whites?
Matthew Poncelet Don't like em.
Sister Helen Prejean So it's lazy people you don't like.
A Celebration of Lorenzo's Intelligence
Michaela Odone Here he is! The cleverest boy in the world!
Lorenzo Odone (laughs) Hi, Mom!
Michaela Odone What's this?
Classmate See you tomorrow, Lorenzo!
Lorenzo Odone It's, uh, it's a picture.
Michaela Odone Oh, my goodness!
Lorenzo Odone And, uh, there's the Comoros.The little islands.
Michaela Odone Of course, it is.
Young Teacher Mrs. Odone, may I have a word?
Michaela Odone Very skillful, Sweetheart.
Lorenzo Odone And, uh, Jupiter.
Michaela Odone Jupiter's next to the Comoros? I'll be right there, Lorenzo.
Lorenzo Odone Okay, Mommy.
Young Teacher Is Lorenzo having any problems at home?
Michaela Odone Not that I know of, why?
Young Teacher Because today, he suddenly started throwing paints around. He went wild destroying other children's paintings.
Michaela Odone Surely, he must've been provoked then?
Young Teacher No, it came out of the blue. He's normally such a terrific kid.
A Call for Freedom and Adventure
Thelma OK, then listen; let's not get caught.
[with a cliff in front of them and cops behind them]
Louise What're you talkin about?
Thelma Let's keep goin'!
Louise What d'you mean?
Thelma Go.
[nods ahead of them]
Louise You sure?
Thelma Yeah.
The Unrecognized Beauty of Nature
Annie Savoy Full many a flower's born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air." - ]...or ], I don't know. I get them mixed up.
[narrating; [Thomas Gray; [William Cullen Bryant]
Understanding Illness as a Foreign Journey
Augusto Odone When we first went to the ], what did we do? We got to know the country, right?
[[w:Comoros|Comoros]
Augusto Odone We studied, we got to know the language, resources, its law. We studied, right? We should treat Lorenzo's illness like another country.
Michaela Odone I don't quite see the analogy.
Augusto Odone All right, all right. ALD has many dimensions, right?
Augusto Odone So, in order to understand it, we need to command genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, neurology, ology-ology-ology.
Michaela Odone Augusto, we don't have time to go to medical school.
Augusto Odone Michaela, the doctors are in the dark. They're groping in the dark. They've got Lorenzo on a turvy-topsy diet. And that bloody immunosuppression is brutal and useless. Michaela, we should not have consigned him blindly into their hands. He should not suffer by our ignorance. We take responsibility. So... we read a little. And we go out and inform ourselves. Hmm.
Michaela Odone But... to miss time with him while he can still speak to us... How can…
Augusto Odone Yes, I know, I know. But he expects it of us.
A Race Against Time for Rescue
Queen Narissa You'll never save her now. When the clock strikes 12... She'll be dead.
[whispers]
Concern Over Home Issues in School
Young Teacher Mrs. Odone?
Michaela Odone Another incident?
Young Teacher Yes. And today, it was much worse.
Principal Mrs. Odone, is there some trouble at home?
Michaela Odone Why do you assume the trouble is at home?
Principal Because there's nothing here that explains his behavior. It's... disturbed.
A School of Renowned Medical Experts
Augusto Odone It's a school, Lorenzo, like any other school.
Lorenzo Odone It's full of doctors?
Michaela Odone Yes, Darling. Some of the cleverest in America.
Confrontation Over Misunderstood Boundaries
Louise You let her go, you fucking asshole, or I'm gonna splatter your brains all over this nice car.
Harlan Easy, we're just having a little fun.
[Getting off of Thelma]
Louise Sounds like you got a real fucked up idea of fun. Turn around. In the future, when a woman's crying like that, she isn't having any fun!
Harlan Bitch! I shoulda gone ahead and fucked her!
Louise What did you say?
Harlan I said suck my cock.
Facing Consequences and Embracing Freedom
Thelma Hey Louise, better slow down, I'll just die if we get caught over a speeding ticket. Are you sure we should be driving like this, I mean in broad daylight and everything?
Louise No we shouldn't, but I want to put some distance between us and the scene of our last God damned crime!
Thelma Oh man! You wouldn'ta believed it, it was like I was doing it all my life, nobody woulda believed it.
Louise Think you found your calling?
Thelma May-be... may-be. The call of the wild!
[gets up in her seat]
The Burden of Self-Awareness
Annie Savoy The world's made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.
[narrating]
Invitation for a Meal and Conversation
Aretha Tomalin Why don't we grab a bite to eat and I'll tell you my ] ].
[[life; [story]
Confronting Mortality and Masculine Behavior
Sister Helen Prejean Look at you. Death is looking down your neck, and you're playing your little male come-on games.
Contemplating Death and Burial Connections
Sister Colleen If Matt dies, guess who he'll be buried next to?
Sister Helen Prejean Who's the last person to die?
Sister Colleen Sister Celestine.
Sister Colleen You remember when that sweet little girl in the convent came after her wedding day to introduce her husband to us?
Sister Helen Prejean Sister Celestine said, "I'm glad I never had to share my bed with a man.
Sister Colleen She loved her celibacy so much.
Sister Helen Prejean I know. She's gonna be lying next to a man for all eternity.
A Call for Courage in Adversity
Michaela Odone The life of one boy is not enough reward for you to risk the reputation of the institution and the esteem of your peers.
Professor Nikolais That was uncalled for. Your responsibility is merely towards your own child. My responsibility is towards all the boys that suffer from this disease, now and in the future. Of course I anguish for the suffering of your boy. And of course I applaud you for the efforts you make on his behalf. But I will have nothing to do with this oil.
Michaela Odone We are not asking, Doctor, for your anguish or your applause. We are asking merely for a little courage.
Queen Narissa's Dismissive Greeting
Queen Narissa Hello, worthless. Miss me?
[she arrives in New York and finds Nathaniel in a car]
Disagreement Over Claiming a Body
Young Doctor Mrs. Matthews, you can claim the body tomorrow.
Sally I don't want the body!
[walking away to the exit]
Baseball: A Blend of Magic and Work
Annie Savoy Baseball may be a religion full of magic, cosmic truth, and the fundamental ontological riddles of our time, but it's also a job.
[narrating]
Perceptions of Humanity and Dehumanization
Clyde Percy How can you stand next to him?
[about Matthew Poncelet]
Sister Helen Prejean Mr. Percy, I'm just trying to follow the example of ], who said that a person is not as bad as his worst deed.
[[Jesus]
Clyde Percy This is not a person. This is an animal.
Baseball as a Source of Hope
Annie Savoy ] once said, "I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us." You could look it up.
[Closing narration; [Walt Whitman]
A Mother's Concern for Her Child's Feelings
Michaela Odone Darling, how were they annoying you? Were they teasing you?
Michaela Odone Were they touching your paints?
Michaela Odone Well, how were they annoying you?
Lorenzo Odone They just were.
Michaela Odone Doing what?
Lorenzo Odone Things.
Michaela Odone What kind of things?
Lorenzo Odone Things that make me feel annoyed.
Loss of Familiarity and Experience
Aretha Tomalin I've forgotten what its like to be ] after ].
[[sad; [sex]
Celebrating Beauty and Excellence in Enchantment
Queen Narissa Speciosus, formosus, praeclarus!
Queen Narissa's Defiance Against a Rival
Queen Narissa So this is the forest rat, who thinks she can claim my throne...NEVER!!!
[after seeing Edward and Giselle together for the first time]
Understanding Hyperactivity and Structured Activities
School Therapist He does present as a Hyperactive.
Michaela Odone But Hyperactives repeat tasks endlessly, don't they?
School Therapist They perseverate, yes.
Michaela Odone Lorenzo's activities all have a shape and structure: beginning, middle and end.
Augusto Odone My Gosh, he's learned three languages. How can he be Hyperactive?
School Therapist I know it's hard to accept that a gifted child may also be disturbed.
Principal I think that Lorenzo needs to be referred to our IDP committee.
Michaela Odone What's that?
Augusto Odone For what?
Principal Individual Disablity Placement. Lorenzo needs to be in a special ed. class.
Michaela Odone Any special ed. our son needs will be provided at home.
Awakening Conversations Between Thelma and Louise
Thelma You awake?
Louise Guess you could call it that, my eyes are open.
Thelma I'm awake too. I feel awake.
Louise Good.
Thelma I feel really awake. I don't recall ever feeling this awake. You know? Everything looks different now. You feel like that? You feel like you got something to live for now?
Louise We'll be drinking margaritas by the sea, mamacita.
Thelma You know we could change our names.
Louise To live in a hacienda.
Thelma I want to get a job, I'll work at Club Med.
Louise Yeah, what kind of deal is that cop going to have to come up with to top that?
Thelma Have to be pretty good.
Louise Have to be pretty damn good.
Lorenzo's Presentation to Medical Faculty
Immunosuppression Doctor The faculty is very grateful to Lorenzo for doing this.
Immunosuppression Doctor Ladies and gentlemen, this is Lorenzo Odone; whom I've spoken to you about. Now; young Mr. Odone, you need to come with me. You're getting so big! I'm gonna put you up here so we can all see you, okay? Attaboy. Ten weeks after diagnosis, we observe hemianopia. The pupillary light reflexes are still intact and, as yet, there is no optic atrophy. However, there is evidence of early occipital lobe involvement.
Lorenzo Odone Why are all these people here?
Immunosuppression Doctor I beg your pardon, Lorenzo?
Lorenzo Odone Why are all these people here?
Doctor He asks why all these people are here.
Immunosuppression Doctor Well, they're all doctors and they want to learn how to help other boys in the future.
Lorenzo Odone Other boys with the boo-boo?
Michaela Odone Yes, Darling.
Lorenzo Odone Mm-hm.
Immunosuppression Doctor Thank you, Lorenzo. Now in the scanning speech, we look for both ends of the pathology: centrally for the dysphasia and peripherally for the dysarthria. Now, Lorenzo, would you walk for me please? Attaboy. That's right, hold my hands. That's right. Two months ago, there was simply motor lag. Now, note the characteristic gait, it's due mostly to hyperreflexia but exacerbated by the encroaching paresis. You're doing very well, Lorenzo! Keep coming!
Lorenzo Odone Only if you stop talking like that.
Parental Comfort in Difficult Times
Augusto Odone Michaela, let me take him. You need rest.
Michaela Odone I'm fine. I could use a cup of coffee though.
Michaela Odone Lorenzo, Lorenzo, listen to Mama. Can you hear me, my darling? If this is too much for you, my Sweetheart… well then, you fly. Fly as fast as you can to the Baby Jesus. It's okay, Mama and Papa will be okay.
Respect and Humanity in Dialogue
Sister Helen Prejean Show me some respect, Matthew.
Matthew Poncelet Why? Cause you're a nun?
Sister Helen Prejean Because I'm a person.
Opposites Attract: Love and Life Lessons
Hollie Baylor We were complete opposites and it worked. And something happened between us that was not part of the plan... we were in love.
Jessie Baylor I teach my kids about the things that really matter. I will teach them about ] and ], because they are equally important in my house.
[[Abraham Lincoln; [w:Ronnie Van Zandt|Ronnie Van Zandt]
Seeking Knowledge and Understanding
Sally Teach me stuff.
Lou Like what?
Sally What you know.
Lou You want information or wisdom?
Sally Both.
Confronting Consequences of Violence and Trust
Louise Should've gone to the police in the beginning, why didn't I?
Thelma You said why before.
Louise What'd I say?
Thelma That nobody would believe us. You know that jerk was really hurting me, and if you hadn't come along when you had he would've hurt me even worse. And probably nothing would've been done with him because I was dancing with him all night and everybody saw it and they'd figure I had it coming. My life would've been ruined a whole lot more than it is now, now I'm having fun. I'll tell you something else, I'm not the least bit sorry that creep is dead, I'm just sorry it was you who did it and not me.
A Face of Love in Final Moments
Sister Helen Prejean I want the last face you see in this world to be the face of love, so you look at me when they do this thing. I'll be the face of love for you.
Queen Narissa's Perspective on Happily Ever After
Queen Narissa How about this? "And they all lived happily ever after." Well, at least I did. What?! NOOO!
[last words; laughs]
Trust and Vulnerability in Relationships
Aretha Tomalin You know, the only ] I gave you my ] was because I have an incredible ] of… you know… not giving my key to the one person I should give my key to, because they might be the ] one — that's all.
[[reason; [key; [fear; [perfect]
Questioning the Presence of Others
Lorenzo Odone Why are all these people here?
Immunosuppression Doctor Beg your pardon, Lorenzo?
Lorenzo Odone Why are all these people here?
Doctor He asks why all these people are here?
Immunosuppression Doctor Well, they're all doctors and they want to learn how to help other boys in the future.
Lorenzo Odone Other boys with the boo-boo?
Michaela Odone Yes, Darling.
A Twist in the Story Unfolds
Queen Narissa Oh my, this is a twist on our story. Why, it's the brave little princess coming to the rescue. I guess that makes you the damsel in distress, huh, handsome?
[to Robert]
Moral Dilemmas of Justice and Forgiveness
Prison guard Tell me something sister, what is a nun doing in a place like this? Shouldn't you be teaching children? Didn't you know what this man has done? How he killed them kids?
Sister Helen Prejean What he was involved with was evil. I don't condone it. I just don't see the sense of killing people to say that killing people's wrong.
Prison guard You know what the Bible say, An eye for an eye'.
Sister Helen Prejean You know what else the Bible ask for death as a punishment? For adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, trespass upon sacred grounds, profane in a sabbath and contempt to parents.
Prison guard I ain't gonna get no Bible quote from no nun cause I'm gonna lose.