The Best Russian Woman Quotes

Ruth: Okay, okay, I'm sorry. But isn't a bris supposed to happen when you're a baby? I mean, if you can scream for vodka, maybe you're a little too old.
Gregory: In Russia, it wasn't option. We had to live in secret. Now, he's in America, he gets to be who he is.
Ruth: Oh... like Yentl. Yentl had to come to America to be who she was.
[Michael overhears Ruth talking about Yentl]
Gregory: Yes, Michael and me and all our relatives, we're just like Yentl.
Michael: [Russian] Is she going to sing something from Yentl?
Gregory: [Russian] Don't encourage her.
Ruth: Yentl!
Michael: [Russian] But, but I love Barbra Streisand. And it's my party.
Gregory: [Russian] Does anyone have a microphone?
Ruth: What's happening?
Gregory: Michael want you to sing song from Yentl.
[Gregory hands Ruth a microphone]
Russian: You sing from Yentl, da?
Gregory: You know Yentl?
Ruth: Come on. Everybody knows Yentl.
[Ruth approaches Michael]
Ruth: This is for my buddy right here. You've had a very rough day. So picture me in a little cap and glasses, okay, pretending to be a man. Ahem...
[pause]
Ruth: [singing] There are moments you remember all your life, there are moments you wait for and dream of all your life. This is one of those moments...
Michael: [singing] Moments...
Ruth: [singing] I will always remember this chair, that window...