Memorable Quotes from Jennifer Grey
10 quotesParental Communication and Expectations in Relationships
Marcia
If I hear from my kids once a month, it's a shock.
Benji
Oh, Marcia. Fuck those guys. Man, I wouldn't miss a week.
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The Weight of an Unexpected Burden
Frances "Baby" Houseman
I carried a watermelon. I carried a watermelon?
[when she sneaks into the employees-only party; realizes what she just said]
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Frustration and Determination in Dance Preparation
Frances "Baby" Houseman
Oh, yes, as a matter of fact it is. We're supposed to do the show in two days, you won't show me the lifts, I'm not sure of the turns, I'm doing all this to save your ass, what I really want to do is drop you on it!
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Confronting Truths in Family Relationships
Frances "Baby" Houseman
I told you I was telling the truth, Daddy. I'm sorry I lied to you, but you lied too. You told me everyone was alike and deserved a fair break. But you meant everyone who was like you. You told me you wanted me to change the world, to make it better. But you meant by becoming a lawyer or a Doctor and marrying someone from Harvard. I'm not proud of myself, but I'm in this family too. You can't keep giving me the silent treatment. There are a lot of things about me that aren't what you thought. But if you love me, you have to love all the things about me, and I love you. I'm sorry I let you down; I'm so sorry, Daddy. But you let me down too.
[to her father]
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Summer Memories of 1963
Frances "Baby" Houseman
That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me "Baby", and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellermans.
[voiceover]
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Recognizing Potential in a Troubled Individual
David
Sorry about him.
Eloge
No, no.
Diane
What a troubled young man.
Eloge
He wants to be good. You can see the spark. Do you know what I mean?
Marcia
Yeah. Absolutely, Eloge.
Mark
Forgive me if I don't see this magical spark.
Diane
Oh, Mark, stop it. He's tormented, for whatever reason.
Mark
Okay.
Marcia
He's funny and he's charming under all the mishegoss.
Diane
I feel bad for him.
Marcia
Has he always been like this?
David
Yeah. I mean, he's always been, like, up and down, you know? Like, he's sensitive, and he, like, sees people so clearly, you know? But then you say the wrong thing and, like, something switches. Or maybe it's not appropriate to talk about him.
Marcia
No.
Diane
No, what's not appropriate? You obviously got something going on between you and, uh - well, he's clearly in pain.
David
Yeah, but isn't everyone in pain in some way? I mean, look at what happened to our families, look at where we came from. I mean, who isn't - you know, who isn't wrought?
Mark
Well, you seem okay.
David
I'm not, though. I'm not. I just, like, take a pill for my fuckin OCD, you know, and I jog and I meditate and I go to work in the morning and I, like, come home at the end of the day, and I, like, move forward, you know, because I know that my pain is unexceptional, so I don't feel the need to, like, I don't know, burden everybody with it, you know?
Mark, Eloge
Yeah.
David
Yeah. God, I'm sorry.
James
No, it's all - it's all right, David.
Diane
It's okay.
David
I'm sorry, I'm ranting, I am just, like... I don't know. Um... Ooh. Sorry, I'm just, like, so fucking exhausted by him sometimes, you know? Like, I... I, I love him and I hate him and I wanna kill him... and I wanna be him, you know? And I feel, like, so stupid around him, you know, because he is so fucking cool and he just does not give a shit. And then... just, like, being here with him is just so fucking baffling to me, you know? It's just baffling, cause it's like: How did this guy come from the survivors of this place, you know? I mean, that your uncle had to sell, like, used furniture to rich assholes or, like, couldn't get into medical school. And that you survived, like, the worst thing to happen on this planet in the last thirty years. And that our grandma survived by a thousand miracles when the entire world was trying to kill her, you know? And I look at him and I just, like, wanna ask him... I just wanna ask him, and I just can't. Like... like, how did the product of a thousand fucking miracles overdose on a bottle of sleeping pills?
[he chokes up; he turns to Mark; he turns to Eloge]
Marcia
What?
Diane
Sorry, what did you say?
David
Yeah, he tried to... yeah, sorry, I probably shouldn't have said anything.
James
It's okay. Uh, I'm so - I'm sorry to hear that.
Eloge
I'm so sorry. That's - that's very distressing.
Marcia
When did this happen?
David
Like six - six months ago. My aunt Leah - uh, Benji's mom - found him on the couch. And I know he is so funny and so charming. And you are all gonna walk away with this picture of this amazing man, which he totally is in so many ways. But when I picture him, it is passed out on a ratty basement couch while I am in New York City with my beautiful wife and adorable child, and it just fucking kills me. Sorry. I'm... I'm oversharing. Well, they're back again.
[the sound of live piano emerges from the next room]
Marcia
It's him.
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Urgent Plea for Help and Protection
Jeanie Bueller
Look, this is not a phony phone call. There is an intruder, male, Caucasian, possibly armed, certainly weird, in my kitchen. My name's Bueller. Look, it's real nice that you hope my brother's feeling better, but I'm in danger. Okay? I'm very cute, I'm very alone, and I'm very protective of my body. I do not want it violated or killed! All right?! I need help! Speak any English?! DICK HEAD!
[on the phone after her encounter with Rooney; pause; pause again; hangs up]
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Confronting the Impact of Indifference
Marcia
David, we numb ourselves to avoid thinking about our impact.
Eloge
Ignoring the proverbial slaughterhouse to enjoy the steak, as it were.
Benji
Yes, Eloge! Damn, that's a good analogy.
David
No, and I get that, I get all that, it just seems like maybe there's, like, a time and a place to grieve, and maybe it's not...
Benji
Yo, Dave.
David
What?
Benji
We're on a fucking Holocaust tour. If now is not the time and place to grieve, to open up, I don't know what to tell you, man.
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The Impact of Wealth on Relationships
Marcia
Last year my daughter married a very rich man.
Benji
Oh, fuck.
Marcia
And she's incapable of having a conversation with any depth anymore.
Benji
Well, yeah, of course. Money's like fucking heroin for boring people.
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Realization of Truth in Jeanie's Words
Jeanie Bueller
I KNEW IT!!!
[discovers that Ferris has been faking being sick and sneaking out of the house by finding a mannequin in his bed]
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