I wasn't a very good mother to you when you were a kid. It was pretty lousy of me, I guess. To be a child at the same time you were.

— Lilly Dillon (Anjelica Huston)

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12 seconds sound clip from the The Grifters movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:40:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Sure, that sounds nice.

- Take whichever one you want.

- You wouldn't do that.

- You don't know what I'd do. You have no idea. To live.

- You'll live, Lilly.

- I know what's bugging you, of course.

- Oh? I didn't know anything was.

- I wasn't a very good mother to you when you were a kid. It was pretty lousy of me, I guess. To be a child at the same time you were.

- For God's sake, Lilly!

- I gave you your life twice. I'm asking you to give me mine once.

- I need the money, Roy.

- So... you're getting off the grift, huh?

- You don't really belong on this side of the fence, you know?

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The Grifters Sound Clip

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Actors: John Cusack (Roy Dillon), Anjelica Huston (Lilly Dillon), Annette Bening (Myra Langtry), Henry Burk Jones (Mr. Simms)

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