The Other Sister Movie Quotes
Carla Tate
I wonder who thought up sex in the first place, Danny?
Daniel McMann
I-I think it was Madonna, actually.
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[to his wife about their daughters]
Dr. Radley Tate
Honey, you're doing fine. They're not drug addicts; they're not axe murderers. ...They're not *Democrats*.
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Daniel McMann
I love to drink, Ernie.
Ernie
Yeah?
Daniel McMann
Yeah, it makes ya feel good. Is that why people drink?
Ernie
Some to be happy, some to forget, some to be brave.
Daniel McMann
Ya know, I feel really brave, Ernie.
Ernie
No, only cowards get brave that way.
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Carla Tate
No matter how long I wait I can't be a painter, and I can't play tennis, and I'm not an artist. But I know how to do something, and I can love.
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Daniel McMann
Look at the buses, watch 'em.
Carla Tate
Why, what are they gonna do?
Daniel McMann
They pull in, and then they pull out, and they turn, and they back up.
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[after watching a couple do a body shot in a bar]
Carla Tate
Normal couples don't do that. They're from college.
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Daniel McMann
Are you ready? Cause I'm ready!
Carla Tate
No Daniel, uh, I'm not ready.
Daniel McMann
Ohh
Carla Tate
I was thinking we could wait 'til the next holiday cause holidays are special.
Daniel McMann
oh cause I feel special right now Carla.
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Daniel McMann
I love you every minute. I love you more than band music and cookie-making.
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Carla Tate
[quoting one of her teachers]
Yeah, and she also told me that people like us, they - boys can try to take advantage and that they'll try to coitus us. So if that should ever happen, to say, "No!"
Elizabeth
Oh. Okay.
Carla Tate
"Stop right there!"
Elizabeth
Good. That's excellent advice. What else did she say to you?
Carla Tate
"Don't put gum under the cafeteria table! How many times do I have to tell you?"
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Carla Tate
Have you ever done it before?
Daniel McMann
Well, yeah, kind of. You see the guys at work, they chipped in and they found this girl and she had a reputation. There was a lot of kissing and hugging and a lot of rubbing, and I kind of finished before I was supposed to. You have to be a guy to understand that.
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Dr. Radley Tate
When you reach a certain age and you're not talking to your children, I think you're missing a very important part of the journey.
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[Danny, dressed in a dog costume, is introducing himself to Elizabeth]
Daniel McMann
Don't worry, 'cause I've been house trained.
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[Danny is proposing to Carla, right in the middle of Caroline's wedding]
Dr. Radley Tate
You know, I thought our worst problem was gonna be parking.
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Elizabeth
I also enrolled her in a calligraphy class, an origami class. I even got her into that...
Dr. Johnson
She doesn't want to do those things. They don't interest her. They don't work for her.
Elizabeth
Maybe Carla doesn't know what works for her.
Dr. Johnson
And you do.
Elizabeth
I think so. I'm her mother.
Dr. Johnson
That's why she tried to hitchhike over 200 miles to get back here?
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Shoe Salesman
[whispering to Carla about Elizabeth] She's a little uptight.
Elizabeth
What?
Shoe Salesman
It-it's tight. This shoe's a little tight.
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Carla Tate
I love polytechnic school!
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Daniel McMann
A-Another reason I got mad is 'cause I didn't want you to think I was dumb.
Carla Tate
I could never think that.
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Heather
Mother, being gay is not a diagnosis. It's not a disease I'm going to recover from, or a phase I'm going to outgrow.
Elizabeth
I know what being gay is, okay? I give to gay causes. I support gay parades. They even gave me a plaque.
Heather
Yes! So why support them and not me?
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Elizabeth
I feel like I'm the mother of a dedicated underachiever, a gay workaholic, and Carla, who thinks she can conquer this whole terrifying world that we live in.
Dr. Radley Tate
Honey, you're doing fine. They're not drug addicts. They're not axe murderers. They're not *Democrats.*
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Elizabeth
[getting emotional]
I didn't want to put her in that place! But I had to. I had no other choice. She needed professional help. Now it is Carla turn, and I am going to protect her! And nobody's going to tell me how to do it, not even you, Radley. No!
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