Elvis Presley and Gladys Presley in Elvis (TV miniseries)

We can't go back there. It'll be a circus.

But it was nice before.

Before what, momma? Before we had money? Squabbling over a pork chop?

But I always knew you'd be home for dinner. And Dixie was there, and we'd all go to church together. And I didn't have to worry whether or not you were safe. Or if I look good enough for all them reporters.

Oh, momma. You look just fine.

[pause] I just want you to be proud of me, Elvis.

Proud of you? [kisses her on the cheek] Satnin, you are so beautiful. Now, come on now. Look at all this? Isn't this what we always dreamed of? Oh, momma, this should be the happiest time of our lives.

Sometimes I think our kind weren't meant for happiness. Life's pleasures were meant for other folk. Our kind was born for misery and pain. That's God's plan.

Then I wanna make you happy. Now what'll it take, momma?

[short pause] I'm happy when your happy, son. Are you really happy, Elvis?

Momma, I'm on top of the world.