Memorable Quotes from Laurie Metcalf
11 quotesTensions Rise in a Confrontational Encounter
Amy Wallace
You're fucking him, aren't you?
[about Dennis Peck]
Penny Stretch
Get out of my house.
Raymond Avila
I hope you got off, Pen.
Penny Stretch
GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
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Identity and Concerns in Unconventional Relationships
Marcie Dahlgren-Frost
Marcie Dahlgren-Frost. Dahlgren is my maiden name, Frost is my married name. I'm single again, but I never bothered to remove the frost. And I get compliments on the hyphen.
E. Roger Cogswell
You gotta let somebody know where you are. I've been checking car trunks for your corpse.
[to Buck]
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Conflict Over Unauthorized Deal Negotiation
Amy Wallace
You are not authorized to make this deal. It's a violation even to offer it!
[conferring in private after Raymond offered immunity to Van Stretch]
Raymond Avila
Look at him. He wants to talk. If Peck were clean, there'd be nothing to talk about.
Amy Wallace
I am the senior partner. Your mistakes go on my file! Either you retract the offer to Van or I will!
Amy Wallace
All right. How about this then? Why don't you and Dennis Peck both pull them out and I'll decide which one's bigger!
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The Complexity of Mother-Daughter Communication
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
Why can't you say I look nice?
Marion McPherson
I thought you didn't even care what I think.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
I still want you to think I look good.
Marion McPherson
Okay, I'm sorry. I was telling you the truth, do you want me to lie?
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
No, I mean, I just, I wish that you liked me.
Marion McPherson
Of course I love you.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
But do you like me?
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Fan Appreciation for an Author's Work
Debbie Salt
Excuse me, Ms. Weathers? Um? Could I have a minute?
Gale Weathers
No.
Debbie Salt
Just one second. I-I know you probably get this all the time, but I just wanted to say I am such a big fan of your work. I just finished your book. I-I couldn't put it down. Insightful, probing... I just really, really loved your book.
Gale Weathers
Thank you.
Debbie Salt
Sure
Gale Weathers
Thanks.
[she is about to leave, but Debbie follows her]
Debbie Salt
I'm a writer myself. I write for the local paper, for the Post Telegram. I'm Debbie Salt. I took your seminar in Chicago last year. I was the one in the front row asking all the questions.
[shakes Gale's hand]
Gale Weathers
Right. I thought you looked familiar.
Debbie Salt
Oh, thank you. Um, can't wait to see the movie. You know, you must be getting quite a lot of flak on that, right? I mean, with all the violence-in-cinema issues. What is your position going to be?
Gale Weathers
No comment.
Debbie Salt
Miss Weathers, please... I-I would... It would be such an honor for me if I could just get a quote from you for my story.---
[Gale stops]
Gale Weathers
Okay. Begin quote:
Debbie Salt
Great.
Gale Weathers
Your flattering remarks are both desperate and obvious.
[quoting]
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Seeking the Best Version of Oneself
Marion McPherson
I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
What if this is the best version?
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Conflict Over Tenant Dispute Unfolds
Stephanie MacDonald
Why didn't you tell me you tried to force him out?
Drake Goodman
I didn't think it mattered.
Stephanie MacDonald
You set us back months.
Drake Goodman
He's lying!
Stephanie MacDonald
This guy has been playing you like a piano concerto.
Drake Goodman
Me? What about you? I got a guy livin in my building who hasn't paid one cent! Not only can't you get him out, but now I owe him money?
Stephanie MacDonald
Maybe you'd like to retain another attorney.
Patty Palmer
Stephanie. Please don't quit. Drake's been under a lot of pressure. The bank is threatening to foreclose on us.
[sighs]
Stephanie MacDonald
This isn't a moral question, Patricia. Morally, you're right. You win. Big deal. This is a game and the object of the game is to get Hayes out of your building before he destroys your lives. He knows you're gonna get him out eventually. He's just trying stay there as long as he can.
Patty Palmer
Why?
Stephanie MacDonald
I don't know! Because it's possible. Because he's evil. What difference does it make? It's nothing personal. God forbid he ever makes it personal.
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Miscommunication Between Mother and Daughter
Marion McPherson
If you're tired, we can sit down.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
I'm not tired.
Marion McPherson
Oh, okay. I just couldn't tell because you were dragging your feet. Well, I just couldn't tell.
[Lady Bird rolls her eyes]
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
Why didn't you just say "pick up your feet"?
Marion McPherson
I didn't know if you were tired.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
You're being passive aggressive.
Marion McPherson
No, I wasn't.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
You are SO INFURIATING!
Marion McPherson
Please stop yelling.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
I'm not yelling.
Christine Lady Bird McPherson
Oh, it's perfect!
[Marion picks out a pink dress]
Marion McPherson
Do you love it?
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Success and Happiness Are Not the Same
Marion McPherson
Money is not life's report card. Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful. But that doesn't mean that you're happy.
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Questioning the Credibility of Government Institutions
Bill Broussard
I don't buy it, Chief. Why would the FBI cover it up? A telex that disappears from every single FBI office in this country?
[after hearing the FBI/Oswald story]
Jim Garrison
There's a word, Bill. Orders.
Susie Cox
Or a cover up. Jesus, Bill. Don't you have enough proof of the FBI's complicity yet?
Bill Broussard
I respect this country's institutions, like you do, Susie! How the hell can you keep a conspiracy going between the mob, the CIA, the FBI, the Army Intelligence, and who the hell knows what else when you can't keep a secret in this room between 12 people? I mean, we got leaks everywhere. We are going to trial, y'all! What the hell do we really got? Oswald, Ruby, Bannister and Ferrie are dead. Shaw? Maybe he's an agent, I don't know. But, as a covert operator in my book, he is wide open for blackmail because of his homosexuality.
Jim Garrison
Shaw's our toehold, Bill. I don't know exactly what he is or where he fits, and I don't really care. But I do know he's lying through his teeth and I'm not gonna let go of him.
Bill Broussard
And that's why, for those reasons, you're going to trial against Clay Shaw, chief? Well, you're gonna lose! Let's investigate our Mafia leads here in New Orleans. Now, I can buy that a hell of a lot easier than I can the government. Ruby's all mob, knows Oswald, sets him up. Hoffa, Trafficante, Marcello, they hire some guns and they do Kennedy. And, uh, the government doesn't want to open up a whole can of worms because it used the mob to try to get to Castro. Castro assassinated by the mob, by us, sounds pretty wild to John Q. Citizen. So they close the book on JFK. Makes perfect sense to me.
Jim Garrison
I don't doubt their involvement, Bill, but at a low level. Could the mob change the parade route? Or eliminate the protection for the President? Could the mob send Oswald to Russia and get him back? Could the mob get the FBI, the CIA, and the Dallas Police to make a mess of the investigation? I mean, could the mob get the Warren Commission appointed to cover it up? Could the mob wreck the autopsy? Could the mob influence the national media to go to sleep? And since when has the mob used anything but .38s for hits up close? The mob wouldn't have the guts or the power for something of this magnitude. Assassins need payrolls, schedules, times, orders. This was a military style ambush from star to finish. A coup d'etat with Lyndon Johnson waiting in the wings.
Bill Broussard
OK. So now you're saying ] was involved? The President of the United States?
[[Lyndon Johnson]
Jim Garrison
I know this, Bill. Lyndon Johnson got $1 billion dollars for his Texas friends, ], to dredge ] for the military in Vietnam.
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Bill Broussard
Boss...
Jim Garrison
That's just for openers...
Bill Broussard
Boss, are you calling the President a murderer?!?
[yelling]
Jim Garrison
If I'm so far from the truth, why is the FBI bugging our offices? Huh? Why are our witnesses being bought off and murdered? And why are the federal agencies blocking our extraditions and subpoenas like we were never before?
Bill Broussard
I don't know. I don't know. Maybe there's some rogue element in the government or something, but you're not...
Jim Garrison
With a full-blown conspiracy to cover it up? You ever read Shakespeare, Bill?
Bill Broussard
Yeah, I do.
Jim Garrison
Julius Caesar? "Brutus and Cassius, they, too, are honorable men." Who killed Caesar? Ten or twelve senators. All it takes is one Judas, Bill. A few people on the inside. Pentagon, CIA, you name it.
Bill Broussard
This is Louisiana, chief. How the hell do you know who your daddy is? Cause your mama told ya so. You are taking a crap in the wind, boss. And I, for one, am not going along on this one.
Lou Ivon
Boss, I've had my doubts all along about Bill. He's been fighting us all along.
Jim Garrison
Well, we need him back.
Al Oser
Boss, Broussard wasted a whole damn month trying to prove that mob boys like Jack Ruby and Brady are kind of hooked up with ].
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Lou Ivon
I don't trust this guy.
Jim Garrison
I will not hear this, gentlemen. Now, I value Bill as much as any person here. It's time we all made room for someone else's ideas, including me. Maybe Oswald is what everybody says he is and I'm just plain dumb about it.
Al Oser
I've seen him copying files, leaving here late at night.
[trying to discuss this situation]
Lou Ivon
I just don't trust him.
Jim Garrison
Didn't you two hear what I said?! I said I will not tolerate infighting among the staff!
Lou Ivon
Then I'm afraid I cannot work with Bill Broussard anymore.
Jim Garrison
Is this an ultimatum you're giving me, Lou?
Lou Ivon
What?!
Jim Garrison
Are you giving me an ultimatum?
Lou Ivon
Well, if that's what you want to call it. I never thought it would come to this. I guess I am.
[sighs]
Jim Garrison
Well, then I won't have any more ultimatums put to me, Lou. I'll accept your resignation.
Lou Ivon
Well, you sure got it. You are one stubborn son of a bitch. And you... are making a very big mistake.
Susie Cox
Boss, aren't you being a little hard?
Jim Garrison
No, I don't think I am, Susie. Anyone else?
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Court Documents and Unlawful Eviction Claims
Judge Mitchell Black
In answer to your suit against him, Mr. Hayes has submitted to the court affidavits A and B confirming plaintive's attempted unlawful eviction of a Mr. Hayes on the 15th of last May.
Drake Goodman
No, I turned his gas and electricity off. There's a policeman...
[quietly to Stephanie]
Stephanie MacDonald
Your Honor, my client and I...
Judge Mitchell Black
Miss MacDonald, I assume you have received these documents?
Stephanie MacDonald
Yes, I have just received them, Your Honor. I think there's been a mix up.
Judge Mitchell Black
I think the law is quite clear on this point, don't you? Mr. Hayes is entitled to a reduction of rent due to uninhabitability caused by Mr. Goodman's misguided attempt to force him from the premises by disconnecting his utilities. Court rules for the defendant, Carter Hayes. Let the records show that according to the lease, Mr. Hayes's legal cost to be paid by the plaintiff.
Stephanie MacDonald
Your Honor, I would like to ask for a 10-minute postponement.
Judge Mitchell Black
Miss MacDonald, I see you have other cases before this court today. I hope you're better prepared for them. I assumed you'll wanna cooperate with the bench now in keeping things moving?
Stephanie MacDonald
Yes, sir.
Drake Goodman
That's it?
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