Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Allison Janney: Loretta
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Quotes
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Amber Atkins : Loretta, never have kids.
Loretta : Oh, honey, God bless ya for thinking I still could.
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Amber Atkins : My mom never hid the fact that my dad chose his career over us. What was it she always said?
Loretta : Once a carnie, always a carnie.
Amber Atkins : Mom still cries every time she sees a tilt-a-whirl or a fat lady in a tube top.
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Loretta : Why do I think Becky'll win? You're talking about the richest family in a small town. It's front page news when one of them takes a shit.
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Loretta : Say, you boys been to the Leemans'?
Annette Atkins : Shut it, Loretta.
Loretta : If ya have, you got all the pictures of the winner you need.
Annette Atkins : [giving her hair a yank] Shut up, Loretta.
Loretta : Let's just say who should win, who deserves to win, is Amber.
Annette Atkins : Who don't you just pin a big old target on your ass?
Loretta : She's the prettiest, ya know. Best damn tapper. The most smartest.
Annette Atkins : Most smartest? Oh, that's great, you're real educated. Most smartest! Get a picture of that, most smartest!
Loretta : Most smartest.
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Loretta : What is wrong with you?
Amber Atkins : I don't know. I just didn't wanna win like this.
Loretta : You stop right there. You are a good person. Good things happen to good people.
Amber Atkins : Really?
Loretta : No. It's pure bullshit, sweetie. You're lucky as hell, so you might as well enjoy it.
Amber Atkins : Okay.
Loretta : Do you guys want some shots? I'm buyin'!
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Candy Striper : Hello, Miss Sad Pants, and her friend, Serious Sally! How about a nice cool mint to help turn those frowns upside down?
Loretta : Do you think a nice cool mint would help if I shoved your head up your ass?
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Loretta : Are we on 'Cops' again?
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Amber Atkins : [Running onto the scene of her and her mom's blown up trailer home] Mom? MOM?
Fireman : Whoa, whoa, whoa... you family?
Loretta : No, she's just yelling, "Mom, mom," because she has Tourettes! She's Annette's kid, dipshit.
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Amber Atkins : [as Annette is being driven away in an ambulance] Mom! I'll be right behind you in the hearse!
Loretta : Don't let that worry you, Annette!
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Gladys Leeman : [wearing her old pageant outfit] And can you believe it, they still fit!
Loretta : She had a big ass then, she's got a big ass now.
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Loretta : Can one of you boys give me a ride home?
Annette Atkins : Don't fall for it. She lives two trailers down.
Loretta : So? Be real easy.
Annette Atkins : [pushing her out the door] Go on home, Loretta. Come on. Go on, go on the party's over.
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Amber Atkins : [shaken after seeing her mom in the hospital] Ummm. I'm quitting the pagent.
Loretta : [grabbing and shaking Amber] You're WHAT?
Amber Atkins : I'm quitting the...
Loretta : I heard you! I was just trying to get you to change your mind. Amber, the woman clung to your tap shoes while she was flying through the air like a goddamn lawn dart!
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Annette Atkins : I wish my mom was here.
Loretta : You can wave Hi, Annette you hear that?
[Amber waves at the camera]
Amber Atkins : Hi, Monkey.
[Annette waves up to the TV]
Loretta : I got some
[she starts laughing]
Amber Atkins : [Annette laughs again and sticks her thumb up at the TV]
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[all the contestants are vomiting]
Loretta : [exiting hotel room with her lover] Did they hear us?
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Female Reporter #2 : Amber, how do you feel?
Amber Atkins : Well, I feel like I need to take a shower.
[everyone laughs]
Female Reporter #2 : Honey, is this the best day of your life?
Amber Atkins : Yeah... I wish my mom was here, though.
Loretta : You can wave hi, say hi to her!
Amber Atkins : Hi mom!
Loretta : Hey!
[they both wave to the camera]
Annette Atkins : [sitting in her hospital room] Hi, monkey!
Loretta : I got some!
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Loretta : [referencing a pageant dress] Your ma did want you to have this, though, since your other one got toasted an all.
Amber Atkins : Oh, my God! It's just like Diane Sawyer's!
Loretta : Yah?
Amber Atkins : Oh! Of course it's not a size 10. Diane was little hippy then.
Loretta : Not our girl.
Amber Atkins : Oh, no.
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Voice of Documentarian : What makes you so sure that Becky's gonna win?
Loretta : Why do I think she'll win? You're talking about-
[to Annette]
Loretta : Ow, don't pinch! You're talking about the most famous family in Mount Rose. Its front page news when one of them takes a shit!
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Loretta : [to documentary film crew] You guys want some shots? I'm buyin'!