Barefoot in the Park (1967)

Mildred Natwick: Ethel Banks

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Quotes 

• Ethel : I had to park the car three blocks away. Then it started to rain so I ran the last two blocks. Then my heel got caught in a subway grating. When I pulled my foot out, I stepped in a puddle. Then a cab went by and splashed my stockings. If the hardware store downstairs was open, I was going to buy a knife and kill myself.

• Ethel : I feel like we've died and gone to heaven - only we had to climb up.

• Ethel : Make him feel important. If you do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage - like two out of every ten couples.

• Ethel : [to Corie, after just climbing up the stairs to Paul and Corie's top-floor apartment]  I remember when you were a little girl, you said you wanted to live on the moon... I thought you were kidding.

• Corie Bratter : Hey!

  [rattling a box] 

  Corie Bratter : what's in here, that sounds expensive?

  Ethel : Now I think it's a broken clock.

  Corie Bratter : [opening another box]  Does this pot come with instructions?

  Ethel : If I'd known about this apartment it would have come with hot coffee.

  Corie Bratter : Mother. Oh, I love everything. But you've got to stop sending me presents. You should start spending your money on yourself.

  Ethel : Oh... myself. What does a woman like me need living alone way out in New Jersey?

  Corie Bratter : You could travel...

  Ethel : Oh, travel. Alone. I read a story in the times. A middle-aged woman travelling alone fell off the deck of a ship. they never even discovered it 'til they got to france.

  Corie Bratter : Mother, I promise you, if you ever fell off the deck of a ship, someone would know about it.

• Corie Bratter : [Looking arond Mr. Velasco's Apt]  Isn't this wild? What do you think, Mother?

  Ethel : I think I've broken some straps!