Sentimental Value - Encouragement Amidst Doubt in Acting Career
Gustav Borg: [about Rachel backing out of his film]
Please, don't look back at this as a failure. You're a great actress, I meant it.
Rachel Kemp:
Thank you.
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Sentimental Value - Uncertainty in Creative Collaboration
Gustav Borg:
So, you don't wanna do the film anymore.
Rachel Kemp:
I, uh.. I just.. I just don't wanna let you down. I won't drop out if you really want me to stay. But is it just me? This just doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel right to you either, does it? Me doing this film?
Gustav Borg:
Of course it does.
Rachel Kemp:
I don't think it does, you know? You asked me to dye my hair the same color as your daughter. And, I mean, you don't want this film to be in English, do you? That feels wrong to you too, right? And I don't wanna disappoint you. I'm sorry.
Gustav Borg:
I let you down, Rachel. I'm sorry. Most actors would do the role even if it felt wrong. Or just leave and let the agents sort it out. But you came here. You're a good person.
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Sentimental Value - Conflict in Professional Relationships
Rachel Kemp: [about Nora rejecting a movie role given by Gustav]
Why didn't you want to do the role?
Nora Borg:
I can't work with him.
Rachel Kemp:
Why?
Nora Borg:
We can't really talk.
Rachel Kemp:
But he wanted you to do it.
Nora Borg:
Yeah... Yeah. I don't know.
Rachel Kemp: [beat]
Just keep thinking that he... he made a mistake. I just can't... I can't get a handle on her, you know? The more that I study her, the more lost I feel trying to be her. It's like her sadness is... It's such an overwhelming part of her. It's a beautiful thing. But I can't tell if that's just the cause of everything, or is it... I don't know, a symptom of something deeper? I don't wanna disappoint him, you know?
Nora Borg:
Well, he's a... very difficult person. But he's a really good director, and he sees something in you. You'd be stupid to walk away.
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Sentimental Value - Seeking Connection and Healing in Despair
Rachel Kemp: [reading the monologue from Gustav's script during the table read; she starts tearing up]
I had this kind of... crisis. I was alone in the house again, lying in my bed, crying. I know everyone lies in bed crying, but... Someone said praying isn't really talking to God. It's acknowledging the despair. To throw yourself on the ground because that's all you can do. Not unlike lying with your heart broken, thinking... "Please, call me.", "Please, forgive me.", "Please, take me back." And... I had fucked up. And I was alone and crying. And then, for the first time, I sat down on the floor... and prayed. I don't know who I said it to, but I said it out loud, "Help me, I can't do this anymore. I can't do it alone. I want a home. I want a home.
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Daddy Day Care - A Child's Call for Help
Jamie:
911, Mommy.
Jamie's Mom:
Oh, such a good girl!
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20th Century Women - Exploring Female Experiences and Curiosity
Jamie:
What's it like? For girls.
Julie:
What? Sex?
Jamie:
Orgasms.
Julie:
Do you really wanna know what it's like?
Jamie:
Yeah.
Julie:
I don't have them.
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20th Century Women - The Complexity of Regret and Decision
Julie:
Half the time I regret it.
Jamie:
Then why do you do it?
Julie:
Because half the time I don't regret it.
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The Neon Demon - Invitation to a Mysterious Party
Ruby:
Hey, you wanna go somewhere?
Jesse:
Where?
Ruby:
A party.
Jesse:
What kind of party?
Ruby: [''Beaming smile'']
The fun kind.
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The Neon Demon - Aftermath of a Successful Encounter
Jesse: [''After the shoot'']
You're still here?
Ruby:
How did it go?
Jesse:
It went good. It was great actually.
Ruby:
Did he say anything?
Jesse:
My agency said if the pictures turned out good, he might consider them for an editorial. Do you think he would?
Ruby: [''Shakes her head''; ''Nods'']
I think he makes a lot of promises to young girls.
Jesse: [''Looks down, then up again'']
I should go, before my meter runs out.
Ruby: [''Shakes her head'']
I don't think you should be alone with him.
Jesse: [''Shakes her head'']
He seemed fine to me.
Ruby: [''Smiling'']
That's not what I'm saying, Jesse.
Jesse: [''Looks down, then up again'']
I'm not as helpless as I look.
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The Neon Demon - Questioning Relationships and Perceptions of Value
Gigi:
Well, you certainly move fast.
Jesse:
What do you mean?
Gigi:
You must be fucking him. Sarno doesn't let just anyone walk his collection.
Jesse: [''Scoffs'']
I don't think I'm his type...
Gigi:
Why not? You're very masculine.
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The Neon Demon - The Pursuit of Perfection in Beauty
Gigi: [''Jesse stares intently''; [w:liposuction|outer lipo...]
You wanna know what I had done, don't you? Well I thought I'd get more work if I went down a cup size. So I'd look like a hanger, ya know? But then my surgeon, Dr. Andrew, he pointed out a lot of other problems with my body. So I had them: shave my jaw, I had a slight eyebrow lift, new nose, cheeks, inner and ] oh, and they pinned my ears.
Jesse:
Why?
Gigi:
So I could wear a ponytail?
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The Neon Demon - Waiting for Makeup in the Spotlight
Gigi:
Jesse? What are you doing here?
Jesse:
They told me to wait.
Gigi:
For what?
Jesse:
For makeup.
Gigi:
You're in the show?
Jesse: [''Smirks'']
Yeah.
Gigi:
This show?
Jesse:
...yes.
Gigi: [''Pauses in disbelief'']
That's my chair.
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The Neon Demon - The Pain of Beauty and Self-Acceptance
Jesse:
Didn't it hurt?
Gigi:
Anything worth having hurts a little. Besides, nobody likes the way they look.
Jesse: [''Gigi scoffs with disgust'']
I do.
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The Neon Demon - Questions of Identity and Desire
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The Neon Demon - A Mysterious Presence in the Room
Jesse:
Something's in my room!
Hank:
What do you mean something's in your room?
Jesse:
I saw something in my room!
Hank:
Are you high?
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The Neon Demon - A Unique Introduction Between Two Characters
Ruby:
Am I staring?
Jesse:
A little.
Ruby:
Sorry... you just have such beautiful skin. I'm Ruby, by the way. Do you have a name or you want me to guess?
Jesse:
Jesse.
Ruby:
Jesse. And you just got to LA, Jesse?
Jesse:
How'd you know?
Ruby:
You've got that look. Oh, don't worry, honey, that whole deer in the headlights thing is exactly what they want.
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The Neon Demon - Dreams and Reflections Under the Moon
Jesse:
When I was a kid, I would sneak out to the roof at night; I thought the moon looked like a big round eye. And I would look up and I'd say, "Do you see me?". Ya know, I'd stay out there for hours. Sometimes I'd fall asleep, just dreaming.
Dean:
About what?
Jesse:
What I would be.
Dean:
What was that?
Jesse:
I could never figure it out.
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The Neon Demon - Perceptions of Compliments in Relationships
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The Neon Demon - The Feeling of Being the Center of Attention
Sarah:
What's it feel like?
Jesse:
What do you mean?
Sarah:
To walk into a room, and it's like in the middle of winter. You're the sun.
Jesse:
It's everything.
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The Neon Demon - Invitation to Celebration or Gathering
Jesse:
Are we having a party or something?
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The Neon Demon - Self-Perception and Beauty Standards
Jesse:
I know what I look like. Women would kill to look like this.
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The Neon Demon - Embracing Beauty and Its Consequences
Jesse: [''Standing on the diving-board'']
I know what I Iook like. And what's wrong with that anyway? Women would kill to look like this. They carve and stuff, and inject themselves. They starve to death, hoping, praying that one day they'll look like a second-rate version of me.
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The Neon Demon - Desire for authenticity over imitation
Jesse:
I don't want to be like them. They want to be like me.
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The Neon Demon - Embracing My Dangerous Identity
Jesse:
You know what my mother used to call me? Dangerous. "You're a dangerous girl". She was right. I am dangerous.
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The Neon Demon - The Value of Beauty in a Talentless World
Jesse:
I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't write... no real talent. But I'm pretty, and I can make money off pretty.
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A Complete Unknown - The Weight of Choices and Identity
Sylvie Russo:
It was fun to be on the carnival train with you, Bobby, but I think I gotta step off. I feel like one of those plates, you know, that the French guy spins on those sticks on the Sullivan show.
Bob Dylan:
Oh, I like that guy.
Sylvie Russo:
I'm sure it's fun to be the guy, Bob. But I was a plate.
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A Complete Unknown - A Conversation About Music and Ambitions
Sylvie Russo:
What do you want to be?
Bob Dylan:
A musician. Who eats.
Sylvie Russo:
Well, I like your songs.
Bob Dylan:
My record comes out in a couple weeks.
Sylvie Russo:
Some of the songs you played today on your record?
Bob Dylan: [[Shakespeare]
It's mostly covers. It's traditional stuff. Y'know, folk songs are supposed to stand the test of time, like ] or something. They say no one wants to hear what a kid wrote last month.
Sylvie Russo:
Who's they'?
Bob Dylan:
The record company. Manager.
Sylvie Russo: [they get up and begin to leave the restaurant]
I'm sorry, but, "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" is not Shakespeare. There was a time when the old songs were new, right? Someone at some point had to give the songs a chance. I mean, there's a civil war going on down south. The biggest military buildup in history. Nuclear bombs hanging over us. It's not all about the Dust Bowl and Johnny Appleseed anymore.
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