--- title: "10 Driving Miss Daisy Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Driving Miss Daisy quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Driving Miss Daisy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/goldie-hawn-2284_hollywood_there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-h_1846077.jpg" --- > [There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldie-hawn/there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-hollywood-babe-district/) [Goldie Hawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldie-hawn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/goldie-hawn-2284_hollywood_there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-h_1846077.jpg) > [“have you seen Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Stand?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-parke/have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-last-stand/) [Graham Parke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-parke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/graham-parke-9887_daisy_have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-las_509202.jpg) > [I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-d-zanuck/i-had-a-tough-time-12-years-ago-getting-driving-miss-daisy-off-the/) [Richard D. Zanuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-d-zanuck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/richard-d-zanuck-30372_daisies_i-had-a-tough-time-12-years-ago-getting_1311085.png) > [It would be fun to be eighty-five and have a Broadway debut. That's the goal I'm shooting for. When they revive 'Driving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/it-would-be-fun-to-be-eighty-five-and-have-a-broadway-debut-that-s/) [Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/miriam-shor-9308_actor_it-would-be-fun-to-be-eighty-five-and-ha_2704730.jpg) > [Just because you're big doesn't mean you're going to be successful. The beauty of the motion picture business is that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-rich/just-because-you-re-big-doesn-t-mean-you-re-going-to-be-successful/) [Lee Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/lee-rich-73654_about_just-because-you-re-big-doesn-t-mean-you_1931490.jpg) > [Suddenly you're the mom, or you go from ... You're not an ingénue, you don't want to play an ingénue, but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-ryder/suddenly-you-re-the-mom-or-you-go-from-you-re-not-an-ing-nue-you-don/) [Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-ryder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/winona-ryder-1469_acting_suddenly-you-re-the-mom-or-you-go-from-y_3055755.jpg) > [I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much. I think of Cocoon and Driving Miss Daisy. But they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-don-t-think-films-about-elderly-people-have-been-made-very-much-i/) [Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/maggie-smith-8377_aging_i-don-t-think-films-about-elderly-people_2164165.jpg) > [“And in the incendiary wake of Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s deaths at the hands of white police officers in the summer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-tannahill/and-in-the-incendiary-wake-of-michael-brown-s-and-eric-garner-s/) [Jordan Tannahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-tannahill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/jordan-tannahill-250214_death_and-in-the-incendiary-wake-of-michael-br_1531992.jpg) > [Jessica Tandy. Nice company! And Ruth Gordon. They worked all along. She didn't really get any big star recognition until Driving Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-grant/jessica-tandy-nice-company-and-ruth-gordon-they-worked-all-along-she/) [Beth Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63e/beth-grant-12603_business_jessica-tandy-nice-company-and-ruth-gord_249033.jpg) > [When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-beresford/when-we-were-trying-to-get-the-money-for-driving-miss-daisy-everyone/) [Bruce Beresford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-beresford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/bruce-beresford-21063_audience_when-we-were-trying-to-get-the-money-for_679957.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driving-miss-daisy/#itemlist", "name": "Driving Miss Daisy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Goldie Hawn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldie-hawn/there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-hollywood-babe-district/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/goldie-hawn-2284_hollywood_there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-h_1846077.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/goldie-hawn-2284_hollywood_there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-h_1846077.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/goldie-hawn-2284_hollywood_there-are-only-three-ages-for-women-in-h_1846077.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are only three ages for women in Hollywood-Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.” — Goldie Hawn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“have you seen Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Stand?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Graham Parke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-parke/have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-last-stand/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/graham-parke-9887_daisy_have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-las_509202.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/graham-parke-9887_daisy_have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-las_509202.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/graham-parke-9887_daisy_have-you-seen-driving-miss-daisy-the-las_509202.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“have you seen Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Stand?” — Graham Parke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. 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