Miss Congeniality poster

Miss Congeniality Quotes

"Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover."

PG-13 2000 · 1h 50m
65
Audience
65
Audience
23 quotes
Importance of Eyebrows in Beauty Standards
Victor "Vic" Melling Eyebrows. There should be TWO.
Confidence in Unconventional Walking Styles
Vic See? Glide. It's all in the buttocks. Don't I look pretty?
[teaches Gracie how to glide]
Gracie It takes a very secure man to walk like that.
Strength in Style: Agent in a Dress
Taglines Never Mess With An Agent In A Dress.
Unleashed: Embracing Authenticity in Undercover Work
Taglines Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.
The Power of Silence in Communication
Victor "Vic" Melling There are no words.
Swimsuit Competition and a Killer to Catch
Taglines She's Got A Killer To Catch... Right After The Swimsuit Competition.
Gracie Hart's Confident Assertion of Elegance
Gracie Hart Hey! I'm GLIDING here!
A Memory of Stolen Red Underwear
Cheryl Once I stole a pair of red underwear from the department store. My mom wouldn't buy them for me. She said they were Satan's panties.
Hair as a Statement in Conversation
Vic Your hair should make a statement.
Gracie As long as it doesn't say Thank you very much for the Country Music Award'!
Distraction in a Conversation
Victor "Vic" Melling I'm sorry, what was the question? I was distracted by the half-masticated cow rolling around in your wide-open trap.
Interview Importance in Pageant Scoring
Vic The interview is the single most important part of the pageant. It accounts for 30% of your total score.
Gracie Yeah? And what's the other 70%? Cleavage?
Gracie Hart's Bold Declaration of Empowerment
Gracie Hart I am in a dress, I have gel in my hair, I haven't slept all night, I'm starved, AND I'm armed! Don't MESS with me!
Embracing Change and New Perspectives
Eric You gotta admit, part of you is going to miss this.
Gracie I know I am going to miss the heels because they do something for my posture. And I'm suddenly very aware and proud of my breasts.
Eric Funny, so am I.
Humor in a Competitive Exchange
Vic Smilers wear a crown, losers wear a frown.
Gracie I would so love to hurt you right now.
Vic As long as you smile. Now...why is New Jersey called "The Garden State"?
Gracie Because it's too hard to fit "Oil and Petrochemical Refinery State" on a license plate?
Reflecting on Unfulfilled Parental Aspirations
Victor "Vic" Melling If I'd ever had a daughter, I imagine she might have been something like you... which is perhaps why I've never reproduced.
[to Gracie]
Confronting Communication in Relationships
Eric Just imagine that she's me and there's something you wanna know but I don't wanna talk about it. What would you do?
Gracie You want me to beat it out of her?
Gracie Hart's Moment of Frustration
Gracie Hart Look, she's gonna cry again. Oh, if I only had a brain.
[imitating winner]
Humor in Unconventional Communication
Eric Is this you not arguing? Cause you suck at it.
Unexpected Fashion Choices in a Serious Situation
Vic What, no armored car?
Gracie That would be in my other dress.
Texas Culture and Gun Ownership Perspectives
Gracie He had a gun.
Kathy Of course he had a gun. This is Texas. Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun!
Stan I don't have a gun. My ancestors were Quakers.
Kathy Stan, please!
Adopting a Pageant Identity and Its Consequences
Eric All right, here are your new IDs. For pageant identity.
Gracie Gracie Lou Freebush?
Eric Yeah, remember, you like that name.
Gracie Yeah, well, my IQ just dropped 10 points.
Unexpected Humor Amidst Chaos
Stan I was right in the middle of my song...and then, there was this BIG explosion!
[as he is being commented by interviewers]
Kathy You people got nothing on me. This is ridiculous.
[unamused; Frank smiles]
Eric Don't worry, Miss Morningside. Where you're going, they'd love to meet a former beauty queen.
[to Kathy]
Gracie Yeah, and when he says "meet", he means M-E-A-T.
[Gracie takes Kathy to a police car, but Kathy stops and turns to her]
Kathy Sweetheart, you don't understand. All I'm guilty of is trying to make the world a more beautiful place! Look at yourself. Why, Dennis Rodman looked better in a dress, but now you're a lady. I did that.
[calmly]
Gracie No, Vic did that and a team of highly federal manicurists and people who make you...you know, like...beautiful. You know what? You're under arrest. Get in the car.
[she tries to put Kathy in the back of the car, but she gets up]
Kathy No, you think you saved something tonight, but all you did was to destroy the dream of young women all over this country.
[growing angry]
Gracie What, you think their dream is to get blown up? Y'know, you got a really good shot at that insanity plea.
Kathy Yeah? Well, I earned it, honey! 25 years of bitching beauty queens and what do I get?! FIRED! They STEAL my life, they steal my beauty pageant!
[as Gracie places her in the car]
Gracie Hey, hey! It is not a beauty pageant. It is a scholarship program.
Kathy Yeah, yeah.
Gracie Yes.
Gracie Enjoy your run in the the Miss San Antonio Women's Correctional Facility Pageant. Huh? Huh? Get it? "The Women's Correctional Facility"?
[laughs and snorts; to Eric]
The Power of Positivity in Life
Victor "Vic" Melling Smilers wear a crown, losers wear a frown.