Maria Portokalos Quotes in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

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Maria Portokalos Quotes:

  • Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"

    Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.

  • [upon receiving a bundt cake from Mrs. Miller]

    Maria Portokalos: It's a cake! I know! Thank you! Thank you very, very much.

    [whispering to Aunt Freida]

    Maria Portokalos: There's a hole in this cake!

  • Maria Portokalos: Toula, on my wedding night, my mother, she said to me, "Greek women, we may be lambs in the kitchen, but we are tigers in the bedroom."

    Toula Portokalos: Eww. Please let that be the end of your speech.

  • Maria Portokalos: We must let Kosta think this was his idea.

    Aunt Voula: All right, I know.

    Maria Portokalos: That he came up with it.

    Aunt Voula: All right.

    Toula Portokalos: Ma, he's gonna figure it out.

    Maria Portokalos: Don't you worry.

    Aunt Voula: Okay, I know what to do you.

    Maria Portokalos: You don't know what to do. You talk, talk, talk, all the time!

    Aunt Voula: Do you want my help?

    Maria Portokalos: Yes, I want your help!

    Aunt Voula: Tell me what to say. But don't tell me what to say.

    Maria Portokalos: Perfect!

  • Maria Portokalos: [angry] What is wrong with Toula going to school downtown?

    Gus Portokalos: Is drugs downtown!

    Maria Portokalos: What are you saying? Are you saying Toula will get involved with drugs?

    Gus Portokalos: No. But somebody will say to her: take this bag down to the bus depot, and she'll do it!

    Maria Portokalos: She is not stupid! She's smart!

    Gus Portokalos: I know she's smart. So what for she needs more school? She's smart enough for a girl.

    Maria Portokalos: [indignated] Oh! You think you're smarter than me, huh?

    Gus Portokalos: No, I... I mean... You... you know...

    Maria Portokalos: [angry] What? What you mean? I run the restaurant, I cook, I clean, I wash for you *and* I raise three kids *and* I teach Sunday school, you know? It's lucky for me I have you to tie my shoes!

    Gus Portokalos: Maria!

    [Maria leaves the room, slamming the door, and smiles at Toula]

  • Maria Portokalos: Ian, are you hungry?

    Ian Miller: Uh no, I already ate.

    Maria Portokalos: Okay, I make you something.

  • Maria Portokalos: I gave you life so that you could live it.

  • Maria Portokalos: Nicko! Don't play with the food! When I was your age, we didn't have food!

  • Maria Portokalos: Where did you go?

    Nick Portokalos: Nowhere.

    Maria Portokalos: What did you do?

    Nick Portokalos: Nothing.

    Maria Portokalos: Who did you see?

    Nick Portokalos: No one.

  • Athena: I'm going to the Jewel. Listen, I'll get you some pantyhose.

    Maria Portokalos: No queen size. They make me look fat.

  • Maria Portokalos: [Gus is brooding in the family room and Maria has turned on all the lights] ENOUGH! ENOUGH!

    [He gets up to leave]

    Maria Portokalos: Don't you walk away from me! Sit down! Sit down!

    [He sits on the couch]

    Maria Portokalos: It's done! They fell in love!

    Gus Portokalos: How could she do this to me?

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