Sophia Quote #553

Quote from Sophia in A Piece of Cake

Dorothy: Wait, where's the cake? Rose, did you take it out?
Rose: I haven't even seen it yet.
Dorothy: Ma, what did you do with the cake?
Sophia: I didn't do anything. I haven't seen it yet, either.
Dorothy: What do you mean you haven't seen it? You were supposed to bake it!
Sophia: I was?
Dorothy: Oh, Ma! You forgot!
Sophia: I didn't forget. I wanted to make sure it was fresh. I'll bake it now.
Blanche: Oh, honey, Roberta is going to be here in 45 minutes. I don't think you have time to bake a cake.
Sophia: 45 minutes! In 45 minutes, I can bake two cakes and knit you a sweater! Out of my way. The maestro approaches the podium.

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 ‘A Piece of Cake’ Quotes

Quote from Sophia

Sophia: Don't panic, I'm fine. I haven't had that much. Besides, you think I'd ruin Roberta's milestone birthday?
Rose: Milestone? She's 88.
Sophia: Right. After 80, every year without a headstone is a milestone.

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[flashback:]
Sophia: What do I have to celebrate? That I have a miserable marriage and I'm leaving my husband?
Dorothy: You and Pop had a fight.
Sophia: You love to show off that college education, don't you?
Dorothy: OK, why are you mad at Pop?
Sophia: Because your father is a miserable, no-good, insensitive bum!
Salvadore: [o.s.] I heard that!
Sophia: Good, then hear this! May you lose the three hairs left on your head!
Salvadore: [o.s.] Oh, yeah? Well, may you lose your tweezers so your eyebrows meet to cover the wart in the middle of your forehead!
Sophia: That's not a wart, that's a beauty mark!
Salvadore: [o.s.] On Sophia Loren, it's a beauty mark! On you and Khrushchev, it's a wart!

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Sophia: I think my milestone birthday was when I turned 50.
Dorothy: Oh, Ma, I remember your 50th. We were supposed to go to a party at Guido's, but you were fighting with Pop.
Sophia: Oh, yeah.
Dorothy: Oh, I'll never forget it. It was Brooklyn, April, 1956.
Sophia: Dorothy.
Dorothy: Yes?
Sophia: I tell the stories around here. Picture it: Brooklyn, April, 1956...