Away from Her Quotes

Away from Her is a television show that was first aired in 1970 . Away from Her stopped airing in 1970.

It features Daniel Iron as producer, Jonathan Goldsmith (musician) in charge of musical score, and Luc Montpellier as head of cinematography.

Away from Her is recorded in English and originally aired in Canada. Each episode of Away from Her is 110 minutes long. Away from Her is distributed by Capri Releasing.

The cast includes: Gordon Pinsent as Grant Anderson, Gordon Pinsent as Frank, Julie Christie as Fiona, Kristen Thomson as Kristy, Olympia Dukakis as Marian, and Wendy Crewson as Madeleine Montpellier.

Away from Her Quotes

Olympia Dukakis as Marian

• (Olympia Dukakis) "I'm thinking that sometimes you just have to make the decision to be happy. Just decide. Things aren't ever what you hoped they'd be. Not ever, for anybody. The only thing that separates one kind of person from another is there are some who stay angry about it and there are some who -- accept what comes their way."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Which kind of person are you?"
• (Olympia Dukakis) "I was pretty mad about it. But now -- looking at what came my way"
• (Olympia Dukakis) "I think I could be the other kind of person. Quite the philosopher, huh?"

Gordon Pinsent as Grant Anderson

• (Gordon Pinsent) "I never wanted to be away from her."

• (Gordon Pinsent) "I'm quite aware of your policies. I'm more than aware of your f***ing policies."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Well, once again, Nurse Kristy is taking me back to the second floor. The area to my right are the elevators, and as we go on down the hall, there's a man with a broken heart, broken in a thousand pieces. Well, we'll go to Madeleine's office, past the lunch room. Hopefully, they're serving right now. The cannelloni was cold yesterday, but let's see what it's doing today. Let's have; I gotta have some Cokes again. That's what I'm gonna do."

• (Gordon Pinsent) "You're sure?"
• (Julie Christie) "I'm sure."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "You don't want to just get a sense of the place? I don't want to make this decision alone."
• (Julie Christie) "What place?"
• (Julie Christie) "Just kidding."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "f*** off."
• (Julie Christie) "You're not making this decision alone, Grant. I've already made up my mind."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Okay."

Julie Christie as Fiona

• (Julie Christie) "Never let a person make you feel guilty for your anger with God."

• (Julie Christie) "I think all we can aspire to in this situation is a little bit of grace."

• (Julie Christie) "I'd like to make love, and then I'd like you to go. Because I need to stay here and if you make it hard for me, I may cry so hard I'll never stop."

• (Julie Christie) "I think I may be beginning to disappear."

Kristen Thomson as Kristy

• (Kristen Thomson) "It's never too late to become what you might have been."

• (Kristen Thomson) "And, how old were you when you met?"
• (Gordon Pinsent) "She was 18."
• (Kristen Thomson) "Holy. That's pretty young to get married, eh?"
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Wasn't my idea."
• (Kristen Thomson) "You mean she proposed to you? Well, that's lovely, that's what I think. How'd she do it?"
• (Gordon Pinsent) "She hadn't planned it necessarily. We were in Tobermory, waiting for the ferry to Manitoulin, and it was miserable and rainy, and she was in a good mood. And, she didn't want any part of my sour mood."
• (Kristen Thomson) "What'd she do, what'd she say?"
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Well, she said: "Do you think it'd be fun -- Do you think it'd be fun if we got married?""
• (Kristen Thomson) "And what did you say?"
• (Gordon Pinsent) "I took her up on it. I shouted yes."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "I never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life."

Wendy Crewson as Madeleine Montpellier

• (Wendy Crewson) "So as you can see, we get a lot of natural light."
• (Gordon Pinsent) "Yes, I can see that."

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