Mommie Dearest (film)

"NO... WIRE... HANGERS! What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you NO WIRE HANGERS, EVER?! I work and work 'til I'm half-dead, and I hear people say, "She's getting old." And what do I get? A daughter... who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her... as she cares about me! WHAT'S WIRE HANGERS DOING IN THIS CLOSET?! ANSWER ME! I buy you beautiful dresses, and you treat them like they were some dishrag! You do! $300 dress on a wire hanger? We'll see how many you've got, if they're hidden somewhere! We'll see! We'll see! Get out of that bed. All of this is coming out! Out...out...out...out!!! You got any more? We're gonna see how many wire hangers you've got in your closet! [throws items out of Christina's closet onto the floor despite Christina's protests, and soon discovers a second dress on a wire hanger] A wi... wire hanger! WHY?! WHY?!!!! Christina, get out of that bed. Get out of that bed! You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood... [begins beating Christina with the hanger; Christina tells her to stop hurting her as she shrieks and bawls in pain] ...and you don't care if your clothes get stretched out from wire hangers?! And your room looks like some $2-a-week furnished room in some two-bit back street town in Oklahoma! Get up! Clean up this mess!"

"[addressing the fans camped out in front of her house on Oscar night] I would rather be here with you than anywhere else in the world. You, all of you here and everywhere, gave me this award tonight. And I accept it from you and only you. I love all of you. Now please forgive me, good night."

"[addressing the men in the Pepsi boardroom] DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS! This ain't my first time at the rodeo. You forget the press that I delivered to Pepsi was MY POWER. I can use it any way I want. It's a sword... that cuts both ways."

"TINA! Bring me the axe!"

"You're a lousy substitute for someone who really cares."

"[yelling at her children for making noise when she is trying to take a nap] Christina, Christopher! DAMMIT!!!"

"[about Christina's refusal to eat her meat] WHY must EVERYTHING be a CONTEST?!"

"[lecturing her baby dolls after making Joan mad] You were very, very bad to wake Mommie up like that. VERY naughty. I told you, Mommie has to be beautiful today. This afternoon, she has to see MISTER MAYER. Today is so important. You are thoughtless and selfish. You must learn to think about other people. You are bad, bad spoiled children."

"Adopted children are luckiest because they were chosen."

"[in tears, after the "wire hangers"/bathroom cleaning incident] Jesus Christ!"

"To my darling Christina, with love...Mommie Dearest"

"The meanest mother of them all..."

"Meet the biggest MOTHER of them all!"

"The greatest role of her life...was her life."

"Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford, a star...a legend...and a mother...The illusion of perfection."

"One thing is certain: You'll never look at a wire hanger the same way again!"

"Faye Dunaway - Joan Crawford"

"Diana Scarwid - Christina Crawford"

"Steve Forrest - Greg Savitt"

"Howard Da silva - Louis B. Mayer"

"Rutanya Alda - Carol Ann"

"Harry Goz - Alfred Steele"

"Michael Edwards - Ted Gelber"

"Jocelyn Brando - Barbara Bennett"

"Priscilla Pointer - Mrs. Chadwick"

"Xander Berkeley - Christopher Crawford"

"Carolyn Coates - Mother Superior of Flintridge Sacred Heart"

"Margaret Fairchild - the orphanage's Mother Superior"

"Belita Moreno - Belinda Rosenberg"

"Alice Nunn - Helga"