“She treats me like a wicked stepmother in a fairy story, no matter what I say.”

Shelley Thompson - Stepmother

“You got that slap 'cause you with him and I know you part of whatever badness he into. You got some explainin' to do in the morning, Mr. Gentleman. Now you think on that!”

Irma P. Hall - Bertha "Mama" Davidson

“You say I acted atrociously. Yes. I did. I do it for a living.”
Joe Mantegna - Mike

- Francie Brady: You can do one bad thing, can't you, Joe? You can do one bad thing. That doesn't mean for the rest of your life everyone's going to say, "He did it! It's him! He did the bad thing!".
- Joe Purcell: No. And even if they did, what we'd say is that we don't care, we're too busy.
Eamonn Owens - Francie Brady
Alan Boyle - Joe Purcell

“She never loved my son Jack. All she ever wanted was that baby. After she had it, she put my son out to pasture, and she took Jackson and poisoned his mind against his father... and me. She'll do the same to you.”

Nina Foch - Alice Baring