Shirley MacLaine credited as playing...
Harriet
- Harriet: You don't make mistakes. Mistakes make you. Mistakes make you smarter. They make you stronger, and they make you more self-reliant.
- Harriet: Please don't have a nice day. Have a day that matters. Have a day that's true. Have a day that's direct. Have a day that's honest. A nice day? Mm-mmm, you'll be miserable. Have a day that means something.
- Harriet: Fall on your face. Fail. Fail spectacularly. Because when you fail, you learn. When you fail, you live.
- Anne: We laid out four things essential to a good obituary. I'd say that I have more than enough material to make three of them work. All that is left is family. You need to see your daughter and you need to make it right because that is all that's left. And that is the only thing keeping me from ever having to see you again.
- Harriet: Oh. I see.
- Anne: I spoke to your ex-husband. He told me that Elizabeth lives a few hours north of here. We're going. I'm driving.
- Harriet: In your car?
- Anne: Yes, in my car. And Brenda's coming, too. I need a buffer. I already called her mother.
- Robin Sands: [Walks in] . Hi. How's everybody doing this morning?
- Harriet: Mr. Sands, would you please make me a mixed CD? Anne and Brenda and I are going on a road trip.
- Robin Sands: Great.
- Harriet: A compilation of songs perfectly suited for the occasion, please.
- Robin Sands: And what's the occasion?
- Harriet: We're visiting my daughter, and she hates me.
- Robin Sands: Ok. So let me get this straight. Senior citizen control freak, estranged daughter, the obituary writer is driving, and the nine-year-old intern from the projects is in the back seat. Yeah, I can get 37 songs out of that.