“She won lots of stuff. She'd win these prizes. What she didn't want to keep, she'd sell. She won a trip to Switzerland, she'd sell it and put money toward the mortgage.”
“There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them, ... It was actually brilliant marketing.”
“In a sense, there were these very bright women who were living these traditional housewife lives, who were kind of, in effect, in collusion with Madison Avenue, ... You sort of feel like Evelyn, in another life, could have been the person in New York City writing these ads.”
“The kids even came to the set, ... And they brought Evelyn's grandchildren. Her best friend, who is still alive, came to the set. This is the friend who took Evelyn to buy her first pantsuit at J.C. Penney, which was a big deal.”
“[Further evidence of the movie's skewering of accepted wisdom can be found in the character of Kelly, the bitter, alcoholic spouse played by Harrelson. Rather than making him a simple villain, the film takes a more realistic, nuanced approach.] It was a complicated relationship, ... He was an alcoholic. This was a time when no one understood it was a disease, and it was just a problem you were supposed to deal with in your own family. I think Woody brought a tremendous amount of empathy and humanity to a really difficult part.”
“Well what's interesting about this is that at first glance, when you look at it you think, 'oh this is a movie about racism or about racial tension or issues or whatever, but on closer examination you realize it's about poverty, and our class system and how that affects people and how devastating it actually is and it's I think a very pertinent issue right now in America.”
