Wild in the Streets (1968)

Shelley Winters: Daphne Flatow

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• Mrs. Daphne Flatow : [babbling hysterically as she is arrested for being "overage"]  No! No, no, no, I'm young! I'm young! It must be a mistake! I'm VERY young! I'm VERY YOUNG! I'm one... I'm one of them.

  The Hook, Abraham : [unimpressed and taking her into custody anyway]  Lady... you are the biggest "mother" of them all.

  Mrs. Daphne Flatow : [still babbling hysterically]  No! No, no, no! I'm Aryan! I'm Aryan! I mean, I'm young! I'm young! I'm young!

• Mrs. Daphne Flatow : I'm somebody. I... I'm the mother of a famous man. I'm a celebrity!

• Mrs. Daphne Flatow : Ever since the accident, I've... I've been under care of an LSD therapist and I understand my son now. I understand him completely.

• Mrs. Daphne Flatow : I'm very flattered that you've chosen to visit us. I don't understand, what... what did you mean by my... my son's reign of terror?

  Senator Johnny Fergus : We're desperate, Mrs. Flatow. He's paralyzed the country. You see, if you...

  Mrs. Daphne Flatow : Senator, I'm sure my son has a very good reason for paralyzing the country.

• [first lines] 

  Mrs. Daphne Flatow : I don't want to have a baby. I never wanted a baby. My mother said I'm gonna die if I have a baby.

  Max Jacob Flatow, Sr. : Come on, please, come to bed.

  Mrs. Daphne Flatow : No!

  Max Jacob Flatow, Sr. : I won't do anything! I promise you. I won't do a thing.

  Mrs. Daphne Flatow : If it's a boy, I'll die. I'll just die.

• Mrs. Daphne Flatow : I could not persuade my son from his purposes. You never read in the Bible about the mother of Jesus persuading her son from his purposes.