Ella Hirsch Quotes in In Her Shoes (2005)

Lewis Feldman: My Charlotte taught me everything - cooking, dishes how to use a cell phone - even my old laundry.

Ella Hirsch: You must miss her.

Lewis Feldman: Everyday. You?

Ella Hirsch: Well I didn't know your wife, so no I can't say I do.

[They laugh]

Ella Hirsch: Wrong dresser. It's in the sock drawer.

Maggie Feller: What?

Ella Hirsch: My cash. That's what you were looking for, right? That's what you want.

Maggie Feller: No! god!

Ella Hirsch: [sigh] Oh, well. I guess after being absent for some 20-odd years I can't expect you to want to have a relationship with me. How much?

Maggie Feller: How much what?

Ella Hirsch: *Money*, Maggie! How much *money* were you hoping to get from me?

Maggie Feller: ...I don't know.

Ella Hirsch: Yes, you do.

Maggie Feller: I want to go to New York. Maybe act. I think I'd be good at it.

Ella Hirsch: humph, clearly!... How much do you need?

Maggie Feller: Three-grande.

Ella Hirsch: *That* you would not have found in the sock drawer... How much do you have?

[Maggie doesn't respond. Ella nods]

Ella Hirsch: I won't give you three-thousand dollars, but I'll do this; they need help down at the assisted living center. You get that job, stop loafing around here like a princess...

[Maggie scoffs]

Ella Hirsch: ... and I will match what you earn, penny for penny.

Maggie Feller: [Maggie stares at her, shocked] ... You would do that?

[Ella nods]

Maggie Feller: ... Why?

Ella Hirsch: [sighs] Because I'm your Grandmother.