Here are her funniest and most memorable quotes.
Rock stars have kidnapped my son!
This may be Millers most oft-quoted line fromAlmost Famous,which she blurts out mid-college lecture.
Frances McDormand in ‘Almost Famous’ | IMDb
While teaching her students about intuition the so-called sixth sense of humankind she notes that she cant concentrate.
Her delivery lacking any shred of facetiousness is what makes this line all the more hysterical.
You are rebellious and ungrateful of my love.
Elaine is in the car with her two children: William and Anita.
She notes that his father saw his great potential.
This leads Anita to ask What about me?
Elaine looks at her daughter with a countenance that conveys both love and disappointment and utters this classic line.
She doesnt hold back.
Shes got no tact.
Its the brutality mixed with the tender expression that seals the deal.
Its almost as if shes firing Anita from her job as her daughter…until further notice.
Adolescence is a marketing tool.
Coming-of-age is a descriptor that sells tickets at the box office.
Adolescence is a term that helps sell youth-targeted magazines on the shelf.
That being said, its a bit heavy-handed and hyperbolic.
However, this is what makes Elaine ceaselessly funny.
Dont take drugs.
She leaves her already dweebish son to appear even more dweeby to the other patrons.
Oh Elaine, could you be more uncool?
This is an instance of pure cringe comedy.
Hes not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti.
Am I speaking to you clearly?
Really, Elaine, Valhalla of decadence?
We just cant with you.
It is the word choice that really wins us over here.
Her tempo quickens as she speaks.
The words spill out of her mouth with fervor as her anxiety intensifies and her righteousness blooms.
Well, whats wrong with THAT?
This one requires a little bit of context.
Elaine, in the most Elaine-est of replies, innocently asks, Whats wrong with that?
Its a good job would be her follow-up sentence had she uttered one.
