It was high time those of us from the other Mediterranean country with a big personality got our own version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Netflix’s hilariously nostalgic Nonnas finally delivered. Check out the best quotes that are bound to become as iconic as its cast overnight!
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“You can’t say goodbye to someone after sixty years. It’s just not possible.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
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“Food is love, and as long as I have their food, I’m gonna have them.” – Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn)
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“That’s like asking a woman to show you her mundate.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
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“If I knew exactly if wouldn’t have been your nonna’s gravy, would it? It’s the secret that makes it special.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
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“I spit on Bologna!” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Is that so?” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
“Se.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Well I spit on Sicily, okay?” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
“Don’t you spit on Sicily!” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
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“You got the grande bocca.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“You are a puttana.” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
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“Capuzzelle is from my family village. Capuzzelle is my identity.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Well, change your identity.” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
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“Hey, it’s an apron, not an evening gown.” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
“Well, every opportunity is an opportunity to look good.” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
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“How do you bake over those things?” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Years of practice.” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
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“So you stuff the head with some crumbs of bread.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Breadcrumbs.” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
“Mi scusi. Breadcrumbs.” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
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“Your people are mean and ugly and cold!” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“Your people are crude and vulgar!” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
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“They could hurt themselves, Joe. You gotta stop this.” – Teresa (Talia Shire)
“No, let ’em fight it out.” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
“It’s the Italian way.” – Joe (Vince Vaughn)
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“Hey, Luis, where’s Joe?” – Mr. McClane (Richie Moriarty)
“Me da tanta alegría decirte una mentira porque tú eres un buen, buen abuzon [I’m so happy to lie to you because you’re a huge jerk].” – Luis (Vladimir Caamaño)
“Right, thank you.” – Mr. McClane (Richie Moriarty)
“I called you a putz.” – Luis (Vladimir Caamaño)
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“Grief doesn’t have a timeline, so, why should we?” – Olivia (Linda Cardellini)
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[Teresa kneels down to pray]
“What is she doing?” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
“Is she having a stroke?” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
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“Don’t cry in front of the teamsters.” – Bruno (Joe Manganiello)
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“You know what my nonna used to say to me all the time? ‘Don’t let old hurts get in the way of a happy new beginning’.” – Antonella (Brenda Vaccaro)
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“Well I think that women, we deserve to feel beautiful, don’t we?” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
“Beauty, beauty, beauty. What’s beauty?” – Roberta (Lorraine Bracco)
“That’s a good question! I mean, is it our hair? Is it our faces or our bodies? No, no, no, it’s a feeling. Beautiful is a…is a feeling like, you feel beautiful, you know, when you’re seen, when you feel heard, when you feel strong. That’s when you feel beautiful.” – Gia (Susan Sarandon)
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“Are your breasts real?” – Teresa (Talia Shire)
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“It’s not easy to live in a world that rejects what you are.” -Teresa (Talia Shire)
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“I got drunk, but I don’t have a hangover cause I had water.” – Teresa (Talia Shire)