Althea Gerber Quotes in Watermelon Man (1970)

Althea Gerber: You know... you know it's very strange. My mother always thought you were a little on the dark side - I mean she never came right out and *asked* me...

Jeff Gerber: Your mother is in no position to judge other people's races - the way her eyes slant up, my mother always thought she was Chinese!

Althea Gerber: ...silliest thing I ever heard.

Jeff Gerber: Oh yeah? - well then how come her feet are so small? And - and how come whenever you ask her when she was born she always says the Year of the Dragon? And how come she was always so anxious to - to wash my shirts? Does *that* sound like a white woman to you, huh?

Althea Gerber: My mother has *almond-shaped* eyes.

Jeff Gerber: So has Mao Tse-tung. She eats too much damn rice - if you ask me she's a member of the Red Guard.