Olympia Dukakis on Moonstruck: "That Changed My Whole Life"

Olympia Dukakis won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck featuring Cher and Nicholas Cage. Dukakis says life was never the same for her after that.
Dukakis' newest project is the television show Sex and Violence. Her interview with George takes place Tuesday, December 17.
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credits
Moonstruck - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor (MGM)
Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City - American Playhouse
Sex & Violence - Emotion Pictures
Oscar Win - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Steel Magnolias -- TriStar Pictures
Cloudburst -- Emotion Pictures
Never Too Late -- Allegro Film Productions III Inc., Telefilm Canada

[@robingagan6288]

I loved her line " do you love him?" Cher says ma I love him awful. "Aww that's too bad"

[@juanmaldonado8541]

She will be missed. She is incredible in Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias. One for the ages. RIP Olympia

[@user-vy3ht8qp9x]

ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΠΑΝΤΟΎ ΜΕ ΑΓΆΠΗ ΑΠΌ ΔΙΔΥΜΟΤΕΙΧΟ

[@texan903]

Can't believe she missed being 90 by just a month, wish she could've hung on a bit longer.

[@homegown1234]

I do miss Olympia Dukakis. I was excited she won the Supporting Role Oscar. I love this actress very much. RIP.

[@43cjd]

This is one of my favorite movies. I loved the scene when Rose and Loretta are having breakfast and Johnny calls from Palermo. When they hang up Rose asks Loretta how Johnny's mother is and Loretta says she's dying but I could still hear her big mouth. This movie seemed so authentic. And the casting for this movie was perfect!!

[@wandasoule3166]

I loved every minute of this movie.

[@thedreamyfoxes89]

Olympia Dukakis, REST IN PEACE! ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS ❤️

[@tenorly]

RIP Olympia Dukakis, 1931-2021. Thank you for the laughs and the greatness.

[@texan903]

Sadly, she missed being 90 by a month. I wish she had hung on a little longer.

[@katiesingletary39]

Since I was young, I always thought she was so beautiful. Especially as an older woman. Her voice, confidence, humor..just beautiful.

[@jaytotheell]

i adored her in Steel Magnolias. my favorite line from her in that movie? "if you can't say anything nice about someone, come sit by me!" !!!!!

[@tlm400]

jaytotheell That's my favourite line too...I say it often :)

[@psychokarloff]

That line was famously first uttered by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the notoriously venomous Washington, D.C. social arbiter, hostess, and daughter of TR. It's been memorialized on countless pillows, napkins, notecards, etc., decades before this movie was ever written. Mr. Harling, the film writer, merely appropriated it.

[@juliekostas7322]

Such a legend. Every role she plays turns to gold.

[@tompinion4138]

I love her. One very talented actor.

[@mazm710]

I used to say I want to be like her when I’m older .

[@henrimatisse7481]

I loved the scene when she is woken up and says: who died?"

[@crescermeditando]

Yes,

[@johnheppenstall4904]

That woman had more life in the quietest moments of her performances than a lot of us have in our real lives. And then this interview reveals she was more than life in reality. Wow, what a person!

[@rr7firefly]

Let's give some credit to the great writer John Patrick Shanley. He won the Oscar for his adapted screenplay for the movie.

[@bluebellsinthewoods]

I tend not to idolise celebrities......this woman I would like to have a drink with and a bloody good chat about life. Quite a woman.

[@fgilroy50]

Oh my gosh. I will always love this woman because of Moonstruck.

[@clairelivefreeordie2551]

loved the film & superior cast!

[@FrancineDozoisPeoplePower]

Let's all hear it for Olympia Dukakis.... YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Love to You. Bisous.

[@matseriksson7664]

Love, love, love her. Talent and grace.

[@katwomanfour5261]

Cannot tell you how much i admire and respect this beautiful lady. In my mind shes the best. Love you olympia!! ❣️

[@Beachandpool]

LOVE HER!

[@WilliamBati]

I once attended a re-screening of Moonstruck at an independent theater in New York City. There was one showing only, as it was part of a film festival covering the movies of Norman Jewison. At the end of the film, both Mr. Jewison and Ms. Dukakis went up and sat for a conversation and also took questions for the audience. There were probably less than 100 people in the audience but we all felt as if she was talking directly to us. She was gracious and kind and generous. She spoke about the personal impact the film had on her. Notice how on this video she makes a very short pause to register the emotion of going in credit card debt to cover her daughter's college to having no such worries. Only parents and people who have carried heavy credit card balances for true reasons understand that pause and how your throat constricts when you remember those moments. Everyone on that film was perfectly cast. I dislike Nicholas Cage but his newness and lack of talent play perfectly into that part. I read somewhere that the grandpa with the dogs was brought in from Italy. Everytime he is on, he steals the scene with a look or a gesture. I watch this movie every couple of years and catch parts of it when it's on TV. I also keep a running dialogue with a friend where we only say lines of the movie to one another. I have the same thing with Goodfellas and my cousin E. Cheers to the magic of well written and well acted films.

[@ssssssss6889]

Grandpa with dogs also played the father of Stanley in Stanley & Iris.

[@voicegirl555]

Happy Happy Birthday Miss Dukakis! You are such a good actress! I don't see enough now. Today is also the 80th birthday of John Mahoney your wonderful co star in MOONSTRUCK! He was such a terrific actor! In a movie full of wonderful lines and scenes like CASABLANCA, my favorite are the scenes between you and him. I wish there had been more.

[@sailingsam3815]

One of the best movie..great actors..so good. Please somebody give her a great role on film or tv. She deserves it.

[@madlove1581]

Olympia was amazing ~ such a great American story of being an artist and then getting your break. She owned that role and so deserved that Oscar ~ a true classic performance. Cheers!

[@codestud3]

Love her!

[@greenscarab2]

I loved her and still do even though she is not with us anymore. She was so down to earth and talented. Rest in peace dear ❤

[@anitarose1122]

Beautiful

[@sheagroza]

RIP to the Queen! 💜 👑

[@rbeygarcia]

We will miss you, wonderful Ms. Dukakis. Rest in Peace, angel.

[@mia.2857]

No..no..when she said to grandpa and his dogs...upstairs...everybody upstairs....what a movie and whole cast...l have seen it about 10 times...such a warm family story about dear people in Little Italy in New York...

[@liduck52]

Actually it was Brooklyn where they lived.

[@franceskajacobs2766]

She is one of my fav of all time incredible actress l Iove her I cried when i found out she passed riparadise ty 4 all the love and laughter blessings 2 your lovedones

[@spears104]

Wow. This is great television!

[@paulecrosby2006]

She is a Beautiful beautiful human. ♥ ♥ ♥

[@mroosie7488]

Rest in peace queen 👑

[@kansasart5912]

Rest in Peace, ~~May 1, 2021

[@DaBadger354]

Love Moonstruck its as perfect a movie that has ever been made!

[@trgoohileshea2820]

God Bless this woman! What a phenomenal talent. Not only in Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, but also in 1995's Jeffrey. She plays the mother of a pre-operative transexual lesbian son. She says, "When I was pregnant with you what did I do? Did I tilt-a-whirl? Did I bungee jump?" She says she became proud of her child watching the summer Olympics. She says " I saw these parents crying and waving flags. I said to myself, if they could be proud of their kids just because they could stand on their heads in the deep end...I could be proud of mine." Classic and well remembered Olympia moment. Rest in peace, dear lady. You did us all proud!

[@corfan99]

She was outstanding as "Anna Madrigal" in TALES OF THE CITY.

[@asteverino8569]

Love you Olympia. Thanks so much! 😘😘😘

[@jasonalmodovar3031]

amazing interview

[@Pippa-pw3qw]

Moonstruck ls A Masterpiece ⭐ Love every minute of it!! ❤

[@michaelcain9324]

Love 💕 Olympia!

[@carolecarr5210]

Steel Magnolias was terrific, largely because of hers & Shirley's performances with fantastic writing.

[@user-im9xq7fp5r]

a line of gold for all parents, " ...I had provided..."

[@micheleminick3787]

RIP :(

[@renatalimarzi]

Great actress. For sure

[@patriciabenherschel7182]

I love her so much

[@anamariazorraquin218]

Just loved this film❤

[@lozanogomez]

Oh My, I loved her!!!!

[@daisyslovebot]

rip♥️

[@depyk7989]

Rip Olympia...🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@AureliaLambrechthey]

Lovely Woman...

[@AB-fm2zn]

Just heard... RIP 🙏🙏

[@chuckashton8924]

Lovely mother.❤️❤️❤️

[@franceskajacobs2766]

Love the movie love the cast all legends

[@felixalexi7077]

She was a great

[@rowley555]

RIP

[@user-vn7sj5ig8w]

Loved her in Moonstruck. R.I.P Olympia Dukakis.

[@raymondwilson293]

❤❤❤❤❤🙏

[@evafperez8129]

♥️♥️♥️♥️❤️👏👏👏👏🌹

[@WysdomHub]

Wow

[@jrmetmoi]

RIP Olympia Dukakis

[@polyprinz]

Ms. Kukakis... ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@scottlevine7646]

I love her. Does anyone remember her in The Wanderers?

[@voila.realeyes10000]

Is eye contact and attention is so intense

[@Tsadie1]

I refused offers due to my concern for my children.

[@glouismusic]

She’s great but the interviewer not so much.

[@Newsong-xo4tz]

Love her !