Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Mary-Louise Parker: Ruth Jamison

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• Idgie Threadgoode : I can't believe he swore on the Bible!

  Ruth : Well, if that judge had looked any closer, he'd have seen that it was a copy of Moby Dick.

• Ruth : I can understand having a funeral for an arm, I just don't know WHY she insists on calling him Stump.

  Sipsey : Miss Idgie says everybody else will be calling him that, we might as well be the first.

• Idgie Threadgoode : There's so many

  [voice breaking] 

  Idgie Threadgoode : things I want to say to you.

  Ruth : No, I love your stories. Tell me a story, Idgie.

  [pause] 

  Ruth : Go on you ol' Bee Charmer, tell me a good tall tale.

• Prosecutor Percy : Why did you go with Idgie Threadgoode?

  Judge : Answer the question Mrs. Bennett.

  Ruth : Because she... she's the best friend I ever had, and I love her.

• Ruth : My daddy always used to say there was a separate god for children.

• Ruth : Don't you ever say never to me.

• Idgie Threadgoode : [chasing Ruth]  Where the hell are you going with my money?

  Ruth : [walking to the car]  We're going home!

  Idgie Threadgoode : Who are you to boss me around?

  Ruth : I'm the one holding your money, that's who.

• Ruth : I've been thinkin', maybe I should move on because of Frank and all. I just... don't want you to feel like you have to look out for us. I just don't want to be selfish, that's all. Maybe if I wasn't here you'd settle down.

  Idgie Threadgoode : I'm as settled as I ever hope to be.

• Grady Kilgore : Ruth, I have to say. I believe Idgie's been a bad influence on you.

  Ruth : I agree!

• Ruth : You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.

• Ruth : Idgie Threadgoode, you ol' beecharmer, you.

• Buddy Threadgoode Jr. : Mommy, I can hit! You should see me. Aunt Idgie. She hit me in the back with a curveball. I didn't duck, and I hardly cried.

  Ruth : She hit you? Well, she did that to me once too but I think I did cry.

  Buddy Threadgoode Jr. : Mama, I'm sorry if you're sad.

  Ruth : Well... give me a big kiss then, and I'll never be sad again. And you best not be sad neither.

• Ruth : This doesn't have anything to do with trains, does it?

• Idgie Threadgoode : You're never gonna jump, are you?

  Ruth : Don't you ever say never to me.