The Turning Point (1977 film) Quotes

The Turning Point (1977 film) is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . The Turning Point ended its run in 1970.

It features Arthur Laurents as producer, and Robert Surtees (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Turning Point (1977 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Turning Point (1977 film) is 119 minutes long. The Turning Point (1977 film) is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Mikhail Baryshnikov as Yuri, Leslie Browne as Emilia, Antoinette Sibley as Sevilla Haslam, Anne Bancroft as Emma Jacklin, Shirley MacLaine as Deedee Rodgers, Anthony Zerbe as Rosie, and Tom Skerritt as Wayne.

The Turning Point (1977 film) Quotes

Shirley MacLaine as Deedee Rodgers

• (Shirley MacLaine) "Emma said some things. First, she said I married you and had a family with because I knew I wasn't good enough to go professional as a ballet dancer. That wasn't true. But -- she also said I had a child with you to prove that you were straight. That was sort of true. I wanted"
• (Tom Skerritt) "I know."
• (Shirley MacLaine) "You -- you do?"
• (Tom Skerritt) "Yeah. I guess I wanted to prove it myself."

• (Shirley MacLaine) "Oh, Emma -- if only she knew what we know now --"
• (Anne Bancroft) "It wouldn't matter worth a damn --"

• (Shirley MacLaine) "I know you're angry."
• (Leslie Browne) "I'm not angry."
• (Shirley MacLaine) "You damn well are. You're just covering it up with ice. That little Russian behaved like a bastard, so you're taking it out on me."

• (Shirley MacLaine) "Oh God, I looked like s***."
• (Anne Bancroft) "Next to Wayne, we all did --"

• (Shirley MacLaine) "That jealousy; it's poison."

Leslie Browne as Emilia

• (Leslie Browne) "Daddy wouldn't do what you did."

• (Leslie Browne) "I'm on the pill -- just in case."

Antoinette Sibley as Sevilla Haslam

• (Antoinette Sibley) "You know, only this morning she came up to me and she said, "Sevilla, deary, you're the greatest prima ballerina in the whole world.""
• (Mikhail Baryshnikov) "No, I am."

Anne Bancroft as Emma Jacklin

• (Anne Bancroft) "Am I like you?"
• (Leslie Browne) "I don't know --"

• (Anne Bancroft) "It didn't work out."
• (Leslie Browne) "Oh, so what? He liked boys better than girls?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "Oh, not exactly. He knew my priority was dancing."
• (Leslie Browne) "Are you -- sorry?"
• (Anne Bancroft) "No. I don't believe in being sorry. We are what we are."

• (Anne Bancroft) "Oh, that's not a little toad. That's rather a large bullfrog."

• (Anne Bancroft) "Oh, God -- dancers have such ugly feet."

Mikhail Baryshnikov as Yuri

• (Young ballerina) "I have weak knees --"
• (Mikhail Baryshnikov) "I like girls with weak knees."
• (Young ballerina) "You just like girls --"

• (Mikhail Baryshnikov) "Care to have supper?"
• (Leslie Browne) "I'm busy."
• (Mikhail Baryshnikov) "After supper?"
• (Leslie Browne) "Bed."
• (Mikhail Baryshnikov) "Ok --. Emilia, it's joke."

Anthony Zerbe as Rosie

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