My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Lainie Kazan: Maria Portokalos
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Quotes
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Toula Portokalos : Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos : Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
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Maria Portokalos : Toula, on my wedding night, my mother, she said to me, "Greek women, we may be lambs in the kitchen, but we are tigers in the bedroom."
Toula Portokalos : Eww. Please let that be the end of your speech.
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[upon receiving a bundt cake from Mrs. Miller]
Maria Portokalos : It's a cake! I know! Thank you! Thank you very, very much.
[whispering to Aunt Freida]
Maria Portokalos : There's a hole in this cake!
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Maria Portokalos : Ian, are you hungry?
Ian Miller : Uh no, I already ate.
Maria Portokalos : Okay, I make you something.
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Maria Portokalos : We must let Kosta think this was his idea.
Aunt Voula : All right, I know.
Maria Portokalos : That he came up with it.
Aunt Voula : All right.
Toula Portokalos : Ma, he's gonna figure it out.
Maria Portokalos : Don't you worry.
Aunt Voula : Okay, I know what to do you.
Maria Portokalos : You don't know what to do. You talk, talk, talk, all the time!
Aunt Voula : Do you want my help?
Maria Portokalos : Yes, I want your help!
Aunt Voula : Tell me what to say. But don't tell me what to say.
Maria Portokalos : Perfect!
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Maria Portokalos : [angry] What is wrong with Toula going to school downtown?
Gus Portokalos : Is drugs downtown!
Maria Portokalos : What are you saying? Are you saying Toula will get involved with drugs?
Gus Portokalos : No. But somebody will say to her: take this bag down to the bus depot, and she'll do it!
Maria Portokalos : She is not stupid! She's smart!
Gus Portokalos : I know she's smart. So what for she needs more school? She's smart enough for a girl.
Maria Portokalos : [indignated] Oh! You think you're smarter than me, huh?
Gus Portokalos : No, I... I mean... You... you know...
Maria Portokalos : [angry] What? What you mean? I run the restaurant, I cook, I clean, I wash for you *and* I raise three kids *and* I teach Sunday school, you know? It's lucky for me I have you to tie my shoes!
Gus Portokalos : Maria!
[Maria leaves the room, slamming the door, and smiles at Toula]
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Maria Portokalos : I gave you life so that you could live it.
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Athena : I'm going to the Jewel. Listen, I'll get you some pantyhose.
Maria Portokalos : No queen size. They make me look fat.
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Maria Portokalos : Nicko! Don't play with the food! When I was your age, we didn't have food!
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Maria Portokalos : Where did you go?
Nick Portokalos : Nowhere.
Maria Portokalos : What did you do?
Nick Portokalos : Nothing.
Maria Portokalos : Who did you see?
Nick Portokalos : No one.
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Maria Portokalos : [Gus is brooding in the family room and Maria has turned on all the lights] ENOUGH! ENOUGH!
[He gets up to leave]
Maria Portokalos : Don't you walk away from me! Sit down! Sit down!
[He sits on the couch]
Maria Portokalos : It's done! They fell in love!
Gus Portokalos : How could she do this to me?
