Mercedes Ruehl credited as playing...
Marie Quinn
- Alex Quinn: How long have you known about forgetting things?
- Marie Quinn: I've known for a while. I... I... I make a telephone call and I'd forget who I was talking to. Or I go... out for a walk, and I... I would get lost in my own neighborhood. It's like a window that just keeps closing a little bit, and then a little bit more. Every day. Like that.
- Alex Quinn: Well, we're not gonna let it close, okay?
- Marie Quinn: Baby, nobody stops this window. Nobody.
- Alex Quinn: We're not nobody. Okay? We... we... we fight. And I am not putting you in a nursing home. I am here for you.
- Marie Quinn: I know you are. But what happens when I'm not here for you anymore? Forgetting about your dad was bad enough. But what happens...
- [breaking down into tears]
- Marie Quinn: ...when I forget who you are?
- Alex Quinn: You won't. You're not going to. How can you? I mean, come on. You're not gonna forget about me.
- Marie Quinn: I just don't want to live to be a burden.
- Alex Quinn: You are not a burden. You're my mother.