Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile Vital Stats

[edit]

Release date 2003

Duration 117 min

Producer(s) Richard Baratta, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Joe Roth...more

Director(s) Mike Newell...more

Writer(s) Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal...more

Cast Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles...more

Genre Drama,

[add a quote]

Mona Lisa Smile Quotes

 Bill Dunbar:
[to Katherine] Ciao, Mona Lisa.
 

Tags:   

 Katherine Watson:
There are seven law schools within 45 minutes of Philadelphia. You can study and get dinner on the table by 5:00.
Joan Brandwyn:
It's too late.
Katherine Watson:
No, some of them accept late admissions! Now, I was upset at first, I can tell you that. When Tommy came to me at the dance and told me he was accepted to Penn, I thought, 'Oh God, her fate is sealed! She's worked so hard, how can she throw it all away?' But then I realized you won't have to! You can bake your cake and eat it too! It's just wonderful!
Joan Brandwyn:
We're married. We eloped over the weekend. Turned out he was petrified of a bit ceremony, so we did a sort of spur-of-the-moment thing. Very romantic. [Katherine is stunned]
Joan Brandwyn:
It was my choice, not to go. He would have supported it.
Katherine Watson:
But you don't have to choose!
Joan Brandwyn:
No, I have to. I want a home, I want a family! That's not something I'll sacrifice.
Katherine Watson:
No one's asking you to sacrifice that, Joan. I just want you to understand that you can do both.
Joan Brandwyn:
Do you think I'll wake up one morning and regret not being a lawyer?
Katherine Watson:
Yes, I'm afraid that you will.
Joan Brandwyn:
Not as much as I'd regret not having a family, not being there to raise them. I know exactly what I'm doing and it doesn't make me any less smart. This must seem terrible to you.
Katherine Watson:
I didn't say that.
Joan Brandwyn:
Sure you did. You always do. You stand in class and tell us to look beyond the image, but you don't. To you a housewife is someone who sold her soul for a center hall colonial. She has no depth, no intellect, no interests. You're the one who said I could do anything I wanted. This is what I want.
 

 Joan Brandwyn:
I've got a secret to tell you. I got accepted early to Yale Law School.
Betty Warren:
To *what*? Why? You don't want to be a lawyer!
Joan Brandwyn:
Maybe I do.
Betty Warren:
You won't switch brands of cold cream without asking me, but you applied to law school?
Joan Brandwyn:
On a lark. We never thought I'd get in.
Betty Warren:
Who's 'we'?
Joan Brandwyn:
Miss Watson. She practically filled out my application for me.
Betty Warren:
You've got to be kidding me. What right does she have? You're getting married!
Joan Brandwyn:
First of all, there's no ring on this finger. Second, I can do both. I can!
Betty Warren:
You are this close to getting you ever wanted. And this close to losing it.
 



Quotes of the Day


Interesting websites

  • - Mona Lisa Smile Photos, Images, Videos, Polls, Questions, Cast and Crew