The Last Picture Show (1971)

Ellen Burstyn: Lois Farrow

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Quotes 

• Jacy Farrow : Well you married Daddy when he was poor and he got rich, didn't he?

  Lois Farrow : Scared your daddy into getting rich, beautiful.

  Jacy Farrow : Well if Daddy could do it, Duane could too.

  Lois Farrow : Not married to you. You're not scary enough.

• Lois Farrow : I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer.

• [Telephone Conversation] 

  Abilene : Hello.

  Lois Farrow : Abilene, you asleep?

  Abilene : No.

  Lois Farrow : You like company?

  Abilene : Well, I thought I'd drive out, see how my well was coming.

  Lois Farrow : Drill hard. You're better at oil wells anyway.

• Lois Farrow : You slept with him?

  Jacy Farrow : Mama!

  Lois Farrow : Go to the doctor sometime and arrange something so that you don't have to worry about babies. You do have to be careful of that, you know.

  Jacy Farrow : But, Mama, it's a sin isn't it? Unless you're married? You know I wouldn't do that.

  Lois Farrow : Don't be so mealy-mouthed! I thought if you slept with him a few times you might find out that there isn't anything magic about him.

• Lois Farrow : Just remember, beautiful, everything gets old if you do it often enough. So if you want to find out about monotony real quick, marry Duane.

• Jacy Farrow : You married Daddy when he was poor and he got rich, didn't he?

  Lois Farrow : I scared your daddy into gettin' rich, beautiful.

  Jacy Farrow : Well, if Daddy could do it, Duane could too.

  Lois Farrow : Not married to you. You're not scary enough.

• Sonny Crawford : Sure weren't out of Texas very long.

  Lois Farrow : Well, Oklahoma's not much of an improvement.

• Lois Farrow : Hey, there. Hi.

  [long kiss on the lips with Abilene] 

  Lois Farrow : Merry Christmas.

  Abilene : This here is Jackie Lee French. Jackie Lee, this is Lois Farrow, my boss's wife.

  Lois Farrow : Hi Jackie.

  Jackie Lee French : [to Abilene]  What do you mean, kissing her like that?

  [to Lois] 

  Jackie Lee French : I ought to slap your face.

  Lois Farrow : Well, why don't you just kiss my ass?

• Jacy Farrow : I don't want to leave. Why can't I stay and just go to college in Wichita Falls?

  Lois Farrow : Because. Everything is - flat and empty here. And nothin' to do!

• Lois Farrow : I guess Ruth Popper's got about as good a setup as anyone.

  Jacy Farrow : Ruth Popper?

  Lois Farrow : Why, sure! I think Sonny's reasonably good-looking.

  Jacy Farrow : Sonny?

  Lois Farrow : And he's young.

  Jacy Farrow : And Ruth Popper?

  Lois Farrow : Oh, don't you know about that? Well, It's been going on about six months now! I thought you kids knew everything.

  Jacy Farrow : Oh, it's silliest thing I ever heard of. She's 40 years old.

  Lois Farrow : So am I, honey. It's kind of an itchy age. You want an orange?

  Jacy Farrow : I don't believe it. Sonny's *always* wanted to go with me.