“- Kim Wheeler: I'm just taking an interest in your Iife, as your stepmom.
- Dorothy Wheeler: When you're oId enough to rent a car, we can discuss your roIe as my stepmother. In the meantime, don't taIk about my sex Iife.
- Kim Wheeler: You? Have a sex life?
- Dorothy Wheeler: I do. But I don't charge by the hour Iike you.”
Benita Ha - Kim Wheeler
Jessica Capshaw - Dorothy Wheeler

“- Clifford Skridlow: No! No, I will not sell my own mother!
- Margaret Skridlow: Of course you wouldn't, dear. But it's a sweet thought.”

Dan Aykroyd - Clifford Skridlow
Nan Martin - Margaret Skridlow

“Boys, I don't want to speak ill of your mother on Christmas, but she's nothing but a common street whore.”
Robert Duvall - Howard

“- Bellocq: Her father unknown, and her mother deserted the child.
- Violet: My mother's name was Hildegarde. Hildegarde Marr. M-A-R-R.
- Priest: And she was Caucasian, or other?
- Violet: She was a whore, Father.”
Keith Carradine - Bellocq
Brooke Shields - Violet

“- Lloyd: In the ninth grade we said he could get a part time job. Are you ready for what he did? He started an escort service for the football team, and he gave out my mother's phone number!
- Caroline: And I still say getting laid by an 18-year-old linebacker is just what she needs!”

Kevin Spacey - Lloyd
Judy Davis - Caroline