Imitation of Life (1959 film) Quotes

Imitation of Life (1959 film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . Imitation of Life stopped airing in 1970.

It features Ross Hunter as producer, Frank Skinner (composer) in charge of musical score, and Russell Metty as head of cinematography.

Imitation of Life (1959 film) is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Lana Turner as Lora Meredith, Lana Turner as Lora, John Gavin as Steve, Susan Kohner as Sarah Jane, Juanita Moore as Annie, and Ann Robinson as Showgirl.

Imitation of Life (1959 film) Quotes

Susan Kohner as Sarah Jane

• (Susan Kohner) "Fetched y'all up a mess 'a crawdads, Miss Lora -- fo' you an' yo' friends."
• (Lana Turner) "Well, that's quite a trick, Sarah Jane -- where did you learn it?"
• (Susan Kohner) "Oh, 'tain't no trick ta' totin', Miss Lora. I learned it from my mammy, an' she learned it from ol' massa, 'fo' she belonged to you --"

• (Susan Kohner) "I'm someone else. I'm white -- white -- WHITE."

• (Susan Kohner) "I wouldn't be caught dead in a colored teachers' college."

• (Susan Kohner) "Miss Lora, you don't know what it means to be -- different --"

Juanita Moore as Annie

• (Juanita Moore) "I'd be happy knowin' you're meetin' nice young folk --"
• (Susan Kohner) "Busboys. Cooks. Chauffeurs."
• (Susan Kohner) "Like Hawkins. No thank you; I've seen your "nice young folk"."
• (Juanita Moore) "I don't wanna fight with you, honey. Not tonight. I don't feel too good. While I get started on the anchovies, will you take this tray in to Miss Lora and her friends?"
• (Susan Kohner) "Why, certainly. Anything at all for Miss Lora and her friends."

• (Juanita Moore) "How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt?"

Lana Turner as Lora Meredith

• (Lana Turner) "You're aiming high."
• (John Gavin) "Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?"

• (Lana Turner) "You weren't being colored, you were just being childish."

• (Lana Turner) "Now, just a moment, young lady. It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of."
• (Unnamed) "And how about a mother's love?"
• (Lana Turner) "LOVE? But you've always had that."
• (Unnamed) "Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine interviews -- you've given me everything -- but yourself."

• (Lana Turner) "Well, I'm going up and up and up; and nobody's going to pull me down."

John Gavin as Steve

• (John Gavin) "Your bones --"
• (Lana Turner) "What about my bones?"
• (John Gavin) "They're perfect. My camera could easily have a love affair with you."

Ann Robinson as Showgirl

• (Ann Robinson) "So, honeychile, you had a mammy."
• (Susan Kohner) "Yes. All my life."

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