Bound for Glory (1976)

Melinda Dillon: Mary - Woody's Wife

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Quotes 

• Woody Guthrie : [painting a sign]  And the Mama Bear says: "Well, ain't nobody gonna eat none of my porridge and get away with it." So she takes a pair of sheep shears and she cuts every hair off the top of that little kid's head.

  [Gwen says something and laughs] 

  Woody Guthrie : Yeah, ain't that something? Then, uh... old Goldilocks, well, she just... goes on back into the forest, and, uh... she goes to sleep for about twenty years, and when she wakes up, all her hair is growed back.

  [Gwen laughs] 

  Woody Guthrie : [to Mary]  Well, looks pretty good, don't it?

  Mary - Woody's Wife : [from inside the house]  It looks darn good. But... there ain't nobody around here gonna pay you to talk to them.

  Woody Guthrie : Oh, now... that fella down at the gas station said I was the best fortune teller he had ever seen.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : That weren't nothing but happenstance, and you know it. You could be making regular money with your sign painting, Woody, if you tried.

  Woody Guthrie : Just ain't no sense on harpin' on it, Mary. It ain't no good.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : You could do it, Woody. You could do 'em so special, somebody'd be sure and want 'em.

  Woody Guthrie : [Woody picks up his guitar]  Come on in.

  Woody Guthrie : [Woody starts playing his guitar and singing]  Talk it over, Lay your head upon my shoulder, She's my curly-headed baby, come from sunny Tennessee.

• Charlie Guthrie - Woody's Father : Might get us some jobs in that new department store down in Amarillo.

  Woody Guthrie : Hell, Pa, I ain't gonna be no shoe salesman.

  Charlie Guthrie - Woody's Father : Well, there might be something else.

  Woody Guthrie : Well, it's too damned far out there anyhow.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : You tell her that when she's begging for milk in the morning.

  [One of the girls giggles] 

  Mary - Woody's Wife : You tell her it's too far to travel.

  Woody Guthrie : Mary, it's 62 miles.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : Maybe you could sing one of your songs to her or tell her fortune instead.

  Woody Guthrie : Mary, just don't start in on me, okay?

  Charlie Guthrie - Woody's Father : Now, it don't do no good to be carrying on. Times and the weather are bad enough, it just don't do no good.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : I don't mean to be starting in. I don't mean to always be at you, Woody, but it just don't seem fair. Even your brother's been out looking for something, and he's just a boy.

• Woody Guthrie : [strumming the guitar in a bar, singing]  She's my curly-headed baby, Used to sit on daddy's knee, / She's my curly-headed baby, comes from sunny Tennessee. / I'm-a gonna tell you 'bout these women, I'm-a gonna tell you what they do, / Lay their head upon your shoulders, Flirt around...

  Mary - Woody's Wife : [Woody pauses singing]  Did you really write that song about me?

  Woody Guthrie : Oh sure, sure it's about you; damn right.

  Woody Guthrie : [Woody starts singing again]  Curly-headed lady...

  Mary - Woody's Wife : Remember what you asked me?

  Woody Guthrie : [Woody pauses singing]  It hasn't been outta my mind for a second.

  Mary - Woody's Wife : [sweetly]  I don't care.

  Woody Guthrie : Care about what?

  Mary - Woody's Wife : If we do.

  Woody Guthrie : Do what?

  Mary - Woody's Wife : You know; come on.

  Woody Guthrie : Guess this town ain't entirely dead yet.

  [Woody gets up and leaves the bar]