Florence Pugh Quotes

Black Widow

Reflections on Family and Identity

Alexei Shostakov Never family, huh? In my heart, I am simple man. And I think that for a couple deep undercover Russian agents, I think we did pretty great as parents, huh?

Melina Vostokoff Yes, we had our orders, and we played our roles to perfection.

Natasha Romanoff Who cares? That wasn’t real.

Yelena Belova What?

Natasha That wasn’t real. Who cares-

Yelena Don’t say that. Please don’t say that. It was real. It was real to me. You are my mother. You were my real mother! The closest thing I ever had to one. The best part of my life was fake... and none of you told me. And those agents you chemically subjugated around the globe? That was me. Mmm. And you, you got out. Dreykov made sure no one could escape. Are you gonna say anything? No. Don't touch me.

[tearfully glares at Melina; deep exhale; bangs table; to Melina; to Natasha; Natasha remains silent and looks away; brushes off Melina; leaves with vodka bottle]

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Thunderbolts*

Exploring Emptiness and Inner Conflict

Yelena Belova There is something wrong with me. An emptiness. I thought it started when my sister died, but now it feels like something bigger. Just a... void. Or maybe I'm just bored.

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Thunderbolts*

Claiming Ownership and Control

Yelena Belova We own you now.

[to Valentina]

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Midsommar

Navigating Emotional Vulnerability in Relationships

Dani It's just in his tone – you can hear it. It's like he's trying to work up the nerve to say something and I just keep staving it off.

[on the phone]

Girlfriend So don't stave him off. Be direct! Confront him!

Dani Well – what if I scared him? I'm always roping him into my family crap... I'm always leaning on him! I tell him everything! I even called him today in tears because my sister sent me another scary email. What if I'm scaring him off?

Girlfriend Oh – how do you rope him in?That’s what he's there for! What did your sister write?

Dani Oh – just some ominous bullshit! She does it all the time! It’s torture, and I've been completely leaning on him for support! What if I overwhelmed him and now he thinks I have too much baggage?

Girlfriend Well, if that's the case, then good riddance! Right?

Dani No! Not if I went too far! What if I leaned too heavily?

Girlfriend You didn't! He should be there when you need him.

Dani But what if I need him too often? If it becomes a chore?

Girlfriend Then he's not the right guy. Because it shouldn't ever be a chore. Would it be a chore if he leaned on you?

Dani But he never asks for anything from me! I've never even seen him cry! So I'm the only one leaning!

Girlfriend Or the only one opening up! The only one making yourself vulnerable. That's intimacy.

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Black Widow

Loss of Reproductive Rights in the Red Room

Alexei Shostakov Why the aggression, huh? Is it your time of the month?

Yelena Belova I don't get my period, dipshit. I don't have a uterus.

Natasha Romanoff Or ovaries.

Yelena That's what happens when the Red Room gives you an involuntary hysterectomy. They kinda just go in and rip out all your reproductive organs. They just get right in there and chop them all away. So you can't have babies.

Alexei OK, OK, you don't have to get so clinical and nasty!

[overlap at 'chop them all away', disgusted at the detail; sits]

Yelena Oh I was just going to talk about Fallopian tubes. OK!

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Midsommar

Searching for Meaning in Disconnection

Dani I got lost.

[having a bad trip]

Christian Let's go back to the group.

Dani Christian. Nothing means anything.

Christian What?

Dani Nothing means anything! We're just alone. And I felt this presence – like God but not God – and it was telling me this and it was laughing at me.

[tearing up]

Christian You heard laughing?

Dani I felt it laughing! I figured it out, that nothing means anything and we're born alone and we die alone, and it was getting pleasure from that.

Christian Okay: no. We're going back to the friends. You're having a bad trip, and you're thinking you're alone because you went off and you made yourself alone. You just got scared. You have me. Everything’s connected. We're all one. Those are the good things you’re supposed to think about when you trip. We're all unified. Fuck.

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Midsommar

Understanding the Momentous Occasion

Dani I'm really sorry, Pelle. Thank you for inviting me, but I really need to go. Can someone maybe drive me?

Pelle I did warn you this time. I know it looks extreme, but we only do this once every ninety years. It's – what's the word...?

Dani I understand that it's momentous.

Pelle Right! Exactly!

Dani I don't know why we're here, Pelle! I don"t know why you invited us!

Pelle Okay: Here: Sit down. Please. I invited my friends because this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing and I wanted to share it. Especially with my friends who I knew would appreciate it, because I am proud of this place.

Dani But I’m not an anthropologist. I don't have the foundation to understand this.

Pelle And yet I was the most excited for you to come. Here: smell this.

Dani What is it?

Pelle It calms you down. Go on. Inhale. I will, too. Isn’t that nice?... I know what you're going through, Dani.

Dani What am I going through? I'm scared. I can't breathe.

Pelle You're going through a lot. I know you are, and I'm gonna say something now, because my birth parents are both gone, too--

Dani What?! That's not what I'm talking about!

[crying]

Pelle I know, and that's fine, but please... My birth-parents both died when I was a little boy. They burned up in a fire, and I became – technically – an orphan. So believe me when I say I know what that is, because I do. Yet my difference is: I didn't get a chance to feel lost. Because I had a family – here – where everyone embraced me and swept me up and I was raised by a community that doesn’t distinguish between what is theirs and what is not theirs. That's what you were sacrificed to. But I – have always felt... held. By a family. A real family. Which everyone deserves. And you deserve.

Dani Christian could walk in.

[looks down at Pelle's hands holding hers]

Pelle He's what I'm talking about. And he's my good friend and I like him... But do you feel held by him, Dani? Does he feel like a home to you? My pilgrimage has been fun. New York is fun... But I also find it terrifying how people live. As if it's necessary and even good to be lost and drifting...and I haven't spent one night over there that I haven't longed to be back here...in the lap of the Hårgas. Stay, Dani. Please. It will be good... And I swear we're all finished sacrificing animals.

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Black Widow

Back Posture Discussion Among Friends

Natasha Romanoff Here's what's going to happen.

Melina Vostokoff Natasha, don't slouch!

Natasha I'm not slouching!

Melina You're going to get a back hunch.

Alexei Shostakov Listen to your mother.

Natasha Oh my God, this…

Alexei Up, up!

Natasha All right, enough! All of you!

Yelena Belova I didn't say anything, that's not fair!

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Thunderbolts*

Playful Banter Among Allies

Yelena Belova Okay okay! We swung our tiny dicks, it was a lot of fun.

[breaking up Bob and Walker]

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Midsommar

Anticipation for the Upcoming Ceremony

Pelle All right – beauty rest! Tomorrow's a big day.

Josh And what's tomorrow?

Pelle First of the big ceremonies.

Josh So you're just gonna be weird and cryptic?

Josh Are you serious?

[eyes widening]

Christian What's that? What's Ättestupan? Fuck. What’s Ättestupan?

[pulls out his phone and types "Atestupan" into a search engine, but there's no internet connection.]

Dani Is it scary?

Josh You'll see.

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Black Widow

The Unseen Count of Allies

Natasha Romanoff How many others are there?

Yelena Belova Enough.

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Midsommar

Warning About Cultural Practices in Midsommar

Pelle I need to warn you before we go down...because you might not want to.

Dani Is this gonna be something weird?

Pelle Uhhh – it might seem very weird, but it's a great honor for them.

Dani Is this the thing you mentioned last night?

Josh Ättestupan.

Pelle We're about to perform a centuries-old rite that is very important to us and very beautiful, but also – very far from anything you have in America.

Dani Do I not want to do this?

[suddenly nervous]

Pelle Well – that's what I'm saying. You're invited to. I just... You remember I explained the winter stage of a man’s life goes from 53 to 72? Well, this is what happens when 72 is reached.

[pauses]

Dani Okay. And what is "this"? What is Ättestupan?

Midsommar

Search for Connie in the unknown.

Dani Has anyone seen Connie?

Christian I think Mark saw her earlier.

Mark I'm sure I saw her trying out for the sprinting Olympics earlier.

Dani What, where?

Jarl Sorry, but I can say what happened. Her boyfriend called our landline from the train station and calmed Connie down. She begged our pardon and I drove her to meet him.

Christian OK. That's really...

Dani Why would Simon leave without her?

Christian I'm sure it was just a miscommunication.

Black Widow

Critique of a Flawed Escape Plan

Yelena Belova Okay, you got a plan, or shall I just stay, duck, and cover?

Natasha Romanoff My plan was to drive us away!

Yelena Belova It's a shit plan.

Thunderbolts*

Questioning Abilities in a Team Setting

Yelena Belova So...none of us fly? What, do we all just punch and shoot?

Midsommar

Life Stages Compared to Seasons

Christian Who all sleeps in here?

Pelle All the younger ones. Until we turn 32. Then we move to the houses.

Josh Why 32?

Pelle We think of life like the seasons. You are a child until you're 16, and that is the Spring. At some point we all do our Pilgrimage, and that's between 17 and 32. That's Summer. Then, from 33 to 52, you're of working age: Fall. And finally from 53 to 72, you become a mentor.

Josh Winter.

Dani What happens when you turn 72, then?

Midsommar

May Queen's Tradition and Solo Journey

Siv Now it's traditional for the May Queen to bless our crops and livestock. And after the luck - you just inherited from that salt herring, we should all be doubly encouraged!

[laughter; pause]

Dani Can Christian come with me?

Siv Nej. The Queen must ride alone.

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