The Golden Girls (TV Series)

The Engagement (1985)

Estelle Getty: Sophia Petrillo

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Quotes 

• Blanche : [as she introduces her latest lover to the others]  And this is Sophia.

  Harry : Well - you must be Blanche's sister.

  Sophia : You must be blind.

  Blanche : [Long pause]  Sophia's home just burnt down.

  Harry : That's terrible!

  Sophia : Not to me. It was a retirement home - and you know what? They set off the drill in a retirement home - who can rush? Half the people have walkers, the other half can't get out of their chairs. But they got bells going off like crazy. You know what that does to hearts that only beat a few times a week?... Its not pretty.

• Sophia : [Dorothy opens the door, Sophia's first lines]  Hi there.

  Dorothy : Ma! What're you doing here?

  Sophia : Everyone is fine no one died, the home burnt down.

  Dorothy : My God - are you all right? How did you get here?

  Sophia : I hitched!

  Dorothy : Ma!

  Sophia : A cab - I took a cab.

  Dorothy : Well you should have called.

  Sophia : I'm perfectly capable of managing by myself, I don't need help - I'm a very indapendent person!

  Dorothy : I know! I know!

  Sophia : I need $67.00 for the cab.

  Dorothy : $67.00? Ma, ma - this is crazy the home is 15 minutes from here.

  Sophia : My cab driver is Cuban, he says there's an additional tax fee for a bilingual driver.

• Sophia : [to Blanche]  How long is this story? I'm eighty; I have to plan.

• Sophia : I never have that problem! Never! I sleep like a log! I never have to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I go in the morning. Every morning, like clockwork, at 7am - I pee. Unfortunately I don't wake up 'till 8.

• Sophia : [Late at night, Sophia walks into the living room]  Oh its you!

  Rose Nylund : Sophia, did we wake you?

  Sophia : I heard voices, I thought there were robbers, so I hid my jewels. Now I can't remember where.

  Dorothy : Ma, you don't have any jewels!

  Sophia : Thank God because I can't find them.

• Sophia : [Blanche and Harry leave for their date, closing the door as they leave]  Sophia:

  [to Dorothy and Rose] 

  Sophia : The man is a scuzzball!

• Sophia : The fancy man and I have a date at the dog track.

  Blanche : Your mother bets?

  Dorothy : No, races, she's a dog jockey.

• Coco : Tea, Sophia?

  Sophia : How about a gin with a beer back?

• Sophia : [as Blanche leaves with her date in Dorothy's mink stole]  I hope he's taking you to a cold climate!

• Dorothy : Ma, the cab driver said you promised him a $67 tip!

  Sophia : Don't be ridiculous, I said a 6-7 dollar tip. Why don't these people learn English if they're going to live here? I could have less trouble getting around Ecuador!