Hazel: Listen babe you have to search for your luck it's nice if it just falls in your lap but I look for my lucky pennies. ... Maggie: What do you do with all your pennies Hazel: I give them away. It's good to spread your luck around and it always comes back to you.

Flagg was at one time the partner of author Rita Mae Brown. Acting career
During the 1970s Flagg was a fixture on game show panels.

Flagg was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. Patricia Neal (born September 21 1944) known professionally as Fannie Flagg is an American actress comedienne and author.