Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Maureen Stapleton: Mama Mae Peterson
Photos
Quotes
-
Mae Peterson : [singing] Kids! Never once appreciate how I sacrificed. Working, slaving, scrimping, saving pennies... and livin' with your father!
-
Mae Peterson : Now, don't try to pay me back, son. I forgive you. So what if you're an ingrate? So long as you're happy.
Albert Peterson : I don't wanna be happy!
-
Mae Peterson : I got maybe one-tenth a normal heart.
-
Doris McAfee : Tell me, Mrs. Peterson, what does your husband do?
Mae Peterson : I don't know, he's dead.
-
Albert Peterson : I keep tellin' ya, take a taxi.
Mae Peterson : Taxis? Taxis are for my successful son. A dirty crowded subway is good enough for a mother. Mother's nothin' nowadays. Who's that?
Albert Peterson : Mommy, you know Rose DeLeon. And guess what?
Mae Peterson : This is that - pretty Rose DeLeon? Oh, I don't believe it. Rose, what happened to ya? You had a fatal sickness or somethin'?
Rose DeLeon : It's nice to see you again.
-
Albert Peterson : Mama, where have you been?
Mae Peterson : Neglected! That's where I've been.
-
Mae Peterson : Albert, go! Desert me.
[to Harry McAfee]
Mae Peterson : But, when I was expecting him in the maternity ward, three days I waited, did I desert him? No. I stayed right there so he wouldn't be alone when he was born.
-
Mae Peterson : Could you move over one, please...?
-
Mae Peterson : [to Albert] Wear your rubbers.
-
Mae Peterson : Niagara Falls is wet; so, take along your rubbers!
-
Mae Peterson : Just bury me on your front lawn so Rosie can walk all over me!
