Sentences with phrase «life of a waitress»

The relentless Tingle will seemingly decide whether Leigh Ann continues her education or wind up living the tiring life of a waitress like her divorced mother (an uncredited Lesley Ann Warren).

Not exact matches

That is, we may believe that the best possible person is a soft - hearted nun who cares for orphaned pigeons, but in Singer's eyes, the rather disagreeable cur who cheats at checkers, ignores his children, and is rude to waitresses may be the more ethical person if by giving away lots of money he saves lives.

«I worked for years as a waitress here at Umberto's and the job taught me not only the value of hard work, but about the importance of connecting with people, of being involved in the community, of understanding people's lives and wanting to help make them better.

Looking back, I see clearly that the choices I made, the people I surrounded myself with and dated, the job I had as a waitress for 13 years, that all of these things reflected my expectation to be disappointed with the outcome of my life.

In the course of my life, I have had many different roles - mom, wife, child and family therapist, waitress, sex ed teacher, lingerie sales, supervisor, parent educator, kids clothing representative, jewelry designer - just to name a few.

Almost too much of a way, in fact, since he's currently dating three beautiful women in three different cities: Lorena (Roselyn Sanchez), a bright and attractive lawyer living in Chicago; Cici (Sofía Vergara), a cocktail waitress from Miami with a fiery personality; and Patricia (Jaci Velasquez), a New Yorker looking to get out from under the domineering shadow of her mother.

The appearance of a beautiful young waitress in his life is a tempting distraction and a serious threat to everything he has.

A woman trapped in a life from which she dreams of escape, Jenna's secretly hopes to save enough money from her waitressing job to leave her overbearing and controlling husband.

Alison is a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

A New York cop trades wisecracks with a sassy waitress in this evocative slice of working - class urban life.

Jean Pierre Jeunet's whimsical 2001 romantic comedy about a lonely Parisian waitress who plays guardian angel in the lives of strangers quickly became — and remains to this day — a cult favorite for misfits everywhere.

Film noir: The movie, directed by Vaughn Stein, takes place in a gritty neon - lit world and follows the lives of two hit men, a terminally ill teacher, a janitor, and a waitress (Robbie)

Call this Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore for a new generation, with this tale of a diner waitress, the grouchy cook, co-workers both sassy and meek, and a woman who finds a sense of her self amid all of the trials and tribulations.

It's basically a filmed play, and the drama itself is problematic (Tennessee Williams - lite), but oh what performances are given by Cher (in her first great screen role) as the no - nonsense waitress Sissy, Sandy Dennis as the delusional Mona and Karen Black as the mysterious Joanne who arrives halfway through the film and upends the lives of the women who used to know her as Joe.

Four years after delving deep into the romantic troubles of a singles - bar - haunting fiftysomething in «Gloria,» and a few months after casting a sensitive eye on a young transgender waitress in the wake of tragedy in «A Fantastic Woman,» Chilean director Sebastian Lelio offers yet another striking and warmly nuanced portrait of the kinds of women whose internal lives are rarely portrayed on screen, tackling a lesbian love affair within London's Orthodox Jewish community in «Disobedience.»

«True Blood» (Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO) «Six Feet Under» creator Alan Ball adapts a series of novels about a telepathic Louisiana waitress (Anna Paquin), who falls in love with a vampire (Stephen Moyer) in a world where the undead live out in the open.

The show, based on a series of tart horror mysteries by Southern author Charlaine Harris, stars Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse, a young, blond bar waitress living in a small Louisiana backwater named Bon Temps.

In this Taiwanese black comedy, a dinner party among triad bosses brings together a rookie mob boss, his trophy wife, his archrival, a suicidal waitress and a delusional valet to make the decision of their lives.

LIVE FROM MINNEAPOLIS it is a lengthy, boozy, robust episode of the Cinecast, where bartenders, paramedics, rowdy billiard players, and the odd waitress all make for background character and salty language is tossed around in public spaces.

In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, Terminal follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life.

The man's life is turned upside down by the violent assault of a gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and the medical problems of a waitress» (Helen Hunt) young son.

Ginny (Kate Winslet) works as a waitress in a Coney Island seafood joint, frazzled by the antics of her budding arsonist son and disenchanted by life with husband Humpty (Jim Belushi — surprisingly good), who runs the Wonder Wheel carousel.

She is Marina, a waitress and torch singer who has had a tough life, given her choices in the conservative social climate of her country.

If this is Daniel Day - Lewis's way of dropping the mic (purportedly, he's retiring), then he picked a fine exit, bringing to life a fastidious fashion designer who, in 1950s London, falls for a lissome waitress (Vicky Krieps).

Katie centers on a 17 - year - old waitress, played by Cooke, who attempts to overcome the hardships of poverty by prostituting herself in order to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.

In Wonder Wheel, four peoples» lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny's rough - hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty's long - estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment.

Vega's performance is a force of nature as Marina, the waitress and singer whose life is turned upside down after the death of her partner, Orlando.

Sam's first date with the waitress, too, is a lot of fun as the pair wittily exchange pleasantries before agreeing to live together for three days — one - night stands being so passé, and all.

Wonder Wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), a melancholy, emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny's rough - hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young life - guard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty's long - estranged daughter, who is now...

Anders, who adapted to the screen Richard Peck's novel Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, tells the story of Nora (Brooke Adams), a working - class waitress who lives in a trailer home with her two daughters.

A lot of the pleasant changes in this year's Harry seems due to Yates allowing Daniel Radcliffe, who is truly becoming a terrific and confident actor, to really put his stamp on The Boy Who Lived, playing him for laughs brilliantly, as in the opening scene where Harry flirts with a comely waitress and later at Hogwarts feeling the buzz of a bottle of Felix Felices.

This film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, traces the trajectory of one such relationship — with a waitress (Vicky Krieps), who comes into his life wanting something more.

An old - fashioned romantic comedy, reportedly inspired by a true story (although the real - life story had the waitress actually contribute in the picking of the Lotto numbers, which made the split winnings more believable), shows how difficult it is to make a Capra-esque movie in a modern setting.

Set in the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, «Terminal» follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life.

The official synopsis from RLJE Films reads: «In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, «Terminal» follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life.

Irresistible ingénue Audrey Tautou stars in the title role, a winsome waitress in Paris who sets out to make life better (or, if you deserve it, worse) for those around her after returning a lost box of childhood artifacts to its rightful owner.

Farrow plays Cecilia, a waitress in depression - era New Jersey, whose life is filled with the high stress of work and the strife of coming home to an abusive, unemployed husband (Aiello, Moonstruck).

Robbie plays Annie — «a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life» as described — with a deadly, glamorous aura of Atomic Blonde star Charlize Theron.

The events are set in the 1930s, dealing with a recently released bank robber, Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait) who hooks up with a small town waitress, Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway, The Thomas Crown Affair), who is looking to get out of her humdrum life.

In October, his mother, who had worked most of her life as waitress, died.

In October, his mother, who had worked most of her life as waitress, passed away.

Undoubtedly Sachi Parker has led an interesting life and to her credit she was never too proud to clean or waitress for money or even scoop a steaming pile of turd off of an unsuspecting sleeping airline passenger when need be.

She's brave, at times foolishly so, but lives with gnawing fears — of being alone, of becoming a «lifer» waitress, of her own inadequacies, of never finding a man she can trust.

At 18, Indigo wants no more out of life than to be a waitress.

That Portlandia episode where they visit where the chicken comes from and are shown pictures by the waitress of the chicken's happy life is hilarious.

I was working as a waitress and making a living wage, and I was lucky enough to have graduated with a manageable amount of debt.

It is built around the license of the Hooters restaurant chain, featuring both real life and computer - generated images and video footage of its iconic «Hooters Girl» waitresses.

Yeapanis selects both manufactured goods and collected detritus of her life as an artist, a consumer, a cultural participant and a waitress, because these materials represent an acceptance and engagement with what is, rather than a striving towards what should / could be.

She'll play a housekeeper or a maid quite frequently, or a waitress or a nurse, and kind of have to build a life around this very limited fringe character that exists to move the story along.