You lose again?
Got my wicks in. Pop, teach me some stuff. I wanna be a boxer. I wanna be a champ.
Yeah. [he and Frank playfully practice some boxing punches]
Dolly SinatraJust what the world needs, another punch-drunk palooka.
Played by Olympia Dukakis
Sinatra · 27 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in Sinatra: in 3 of its 27 quotes
Most scenes with: Frank Sinatra (3), Marty Sinatra (3)
Scenes with Dolly Sinatra 3
Dolly SinatraFrankie! Hey, Frankie! Frankie! Come on, wake up! Hey! [Frank wakes up] C'mon. Why aren't you at work?
Cos I didn't go.
What, first you quit your school, now you quit your job?
Yeah.
[short pause] Dolly! Hey, Dolly! Kid can't stick to anything! He's a quitter!
[Frank gets out of bed, takes out a pint of milk from the fridge]
Dolly Sinatra[to Frank] What the hell's going on?
Mom, pop. I made a decision. I can't do that work no more. I'm gonna find me work being a singer like - like Bing Crosby.
Dolly SinatraForget Bing Crosby! Get your job back!
You listen to your mother.
No, I'm telling you! I'm going to be a singer. It's all I do in my free time and free time's not enough no more!
Frankie. You work hard, then you go to college, otherwise your gonna end up like me, a guy that can't even read or write his own name!
I'm not gonna end up like you, pop. I gotta do this.
Than I don't gotta support you! You don't work! You don't live here! [takes the apple out of his hand] And I'll tell you somethin' else! [smashes the apple on the kitchen table] You don't eat here!
Ma, tell him. I can do this. I - I can be someone.
Dolly SinatraYou are someone. Your Frankie Sinatra--
[angrily] He's not! [to Frank] I'll tell you... You pack your bags! Hit the bricks! Out! Cos I didn't raise no kid to be no freeloader!
Fine! [throws and smashes the pint of milk at the sink]
[Frank walks out]
Dolly Sinatra[shouts] You get a good look around this country! People are starving, mister big shot! Our neighbours! And they can't feed the seven kids they've got! Never mind a new one on the way! You know most people in this world today! They'll make $75 a week like you, mister big shot! Most people don't make $75 a month and if they did, they wouldn't quit!
[Marty walks in]
Hi, pop.
I don't get it.
Pop, I've learned a lot while I was on the road, but I'm a soloist.
You couldn't be a soloist in a relief line. You're nothing but a quitter.
Pop, I'm better than those bums. You don't know, you weren't there.
Do you know what happens when cocky kids are in the ring? They go down. Down! Every time, down.
[walks away]
Ma, I met a guy. Hank Sanicola, he's gonna manage me.
Dolly SinatraYou're gonna kill us both if you don't straighten out.
Ma, pop's wrong! I'm not going down! I'm going up!
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