The Beales of Grey Gardens Quotes

Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: I went to Mass up until the time I was 28 years old!
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: That's how she got so fat, not getting up on Sunday to go to Mass.
Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: Oh! What a whopper!
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: It keeps you very thin!
Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: I'm not going to church to keep thin! I'm going to go because I love the Lord!

Movie: The Beales of Grey Gardens
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Now Lois had not been converted then. She was converted much, much later. All her friends died from alcoholism. And she decided, in self defense, she had to find some new friends. So the only place she could go was the AA and get the ones that were still alive.

Movie: The Beales of Grey Gardens
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: ...But ever since then, I've had this desire, you know, to find someone that I like. I mean, not just one, but two. Now, I'm not talking about the group travel they do nowadays in the space age. You know, my aunt, she's a widow, and she went with seven other widows. Now, I don't mean that kind of stuff. I mean really to have fun! You know. Not with one, but with two! And I don't mean women either!

Movie: The Beales of Grey Gardens