Ellen Burstyn: Lois Farrow

The Last Picture Show

Lois Farrow

Jacy Farrow: Well you married Daddy when he was poor and he got rich, didn't he?
Lois Farrow: Scared your daddy into getting rich, beautiful.
Jacy Farrow: Well if Daddy could do it, Duane could too.
Lois Farrow: Not married to you. You're not scary enough.

Lois Farrow: I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer.

Lois Farrow: You slept with him?
Jacy Farrow: Mama!
Lois Farrow: Go to the doctor sometime and arrange something so that you don't have to worry about babies. You do have to be careful of that, you know.
Jacy Farrow: But, Mama, it's a sin isn't it? Unless you're married? You know I wouldn't do that.
Lois Farrow: Don't be so mealy-mouthed! I thought if you slept with him a few times you might find out that there isn't anything magic about him.

Lois Farrow: Just remember, beautiful, everything gets old if you do it often enough. So if you want to find out about monotony real quick, marry Duane.

Lois Farrow: Hey, there. Hi.
[long kiss on the lips with Abilene]
Lois Farrow: Merry Christmas.
Abilene: This here is Jackie Lee French. Jackie Lee, this is Lois Farrow, my boss's wife.
Lois Farrow: Hi Jackie.
Jackie Lee French: [to Abilene] What do you mean, kissing her like that?
[to Lois]
Jackie Lee French: I ought to slap your face.
Lois Farrow: Well, why don't you just kiss my ass?

Lois Farrow: I guess Ruth Popper's got about as good a setup as anyone.
Jacy Farrow: Ruth Popper?
Lois Farrow: Why, sure! I think Sonny's reasonably good-looking.
Jacy Farrow: Sonny?
Lois Farrow: And he's young.
Jacy Farrow: And Ruth Popper?
Lois Farrow: Oh, don't you know about that? Well, It's been going on about six months now! I thought you kids knew everything.
Jacy Farrow: Oh, it's silliest thing I ever heard of. She's 40 years old.
Lois Farrow: So am I, honey. It's kind of an itchy age. You want an orange?
Jacy Farrow: I don't believe it. Sonny's *always* wanted to go with me.

Jacy Farrow: I don't want to leave. Why can't I stay and just go to college in Wichita Falls?
Lois Farrow: Because. Everything is - flat and empty here. And nothin' to do!

Sonny Crawford: Nothin's really been right since Sam the Lion died.
Lois Farrow: No, no it hasn't. Oh God, I get sad if I think of Sam for long. Did you know he had beautiful hands?
Sonny Crawford: I guess you liked him, didn't you? Aw, I guess everybody did.
Lois Farrow: Well, I tell you, it was different with me, Sonny. I loved him. He loved me, too.
Sonny Crawford: Are you - are you the one he used to take swimmin'? Out at the tank?
Lois Farrow: He told you about that, huh? Yeah, I was the one. I guess if it wasn't for Sam, I'd just about have missed it, whatever it is. I'd have been one of them Amity types that thinks that playin' bridge is about the best thing that life has to offer. Old Sam the Lion. Sam the Lion - you know, nobody knows where he got that name. I gave it to him. One night, well, it just came to me. He was so pleased. I was 22 years old then. Can you imagine? I'll tell you, Sonny, it's terrible to only meet one man in your whole life who knows what you're worth. Just terrible. I've looked, too. You wouldn't believe how I've looked.
Sonny Crawford: Well, now I know why Sam liked you.
Lois Farrow: Loved me.
Sonny Crawford: Loved ya, I mean.
Lois Farrow: Do you? Well, I can kinda see what he saw in you, too. Nope, I'll just go on home. Go on, get out.
Sonny Crawford: Think I can - think I can learn to drink?
Lois Farrow: You might. You'd better keep on practicing.