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Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater in The Secret of My Success (1987)

Mercedes Ruehl: Sheila

The Secret of My Success

Mercedes Ruehl credited as playing...

Sheila

Quotes1

  • Christy Wills: Just tell me one more time what your solution is to this crisis.
  • Brantley Foster: We don't cut, we expand.
  • [the waitress, Sheila, arrives]
  • Sheila: I agree. Expansion is a positive reaction to the universe, while retraction, or cutting back, or pulling off, those are all negative forces. I used to be very negative, and then I took this personality workshop - my whole life turned around. Hiya, my name's Sheila. You make a good-looking couple - how long you been going together?
  • Brantley Foster: About 20 minutes.
  • Sheila: Ohhhhh, first date, huh? Good luck.
  • Christy Wills: No, we're business colleagues.
  • Sheila: Colleagues, who needs that? You should go together. You look good together. - Oh, oh, d'you want to order?
  • Brantley Foster: Yeah, we need to see some menus, Sheila.
  • Sheila: Menus! I'm sorry. - I'm studying to be an actress. I'm a much better actress than I am a waitress. Concentration, that's my big problem. I'll be right back.
  • Brantley Foster: Well, Sheila's in favor of expansion.
  • Christy Wills: We should bring her to our next executive meeting. I think Art Thomas would like her a lot.
  • Brantley Foster: Sheila is also in favor of us seeing each other.
  • Christy Wills: Yes, well, Sheila is clearly a nut.
  • Sheila: [from across the room] I heard that! You should try to be more positive with your life, or you're gonna wind up miserable.
  • Christy Wills: [hiding behind her hand] She heard me!

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