Memorable Quotes from Rachel McAdams
19 quotesFinding Peace Through Art
Allie Hamilton
Most of the time I have all these thoughts bouncin around in my head. But with a brush in my hand, the world just gets kinda quiet.
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Reflections on Past Love and Memories
Allie Hamilton
It was real, wasn't it? You and me. Such a long time ago, we were just a couple of kids. But we really loved each other, didn't we?
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The Allure of Paris in the Rain
Gil
This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was.
Inez
You act like you've never been here before.
Gil
I don't get here often enough, that's the problem. Can you picture how drop dead gorgeous this city is in the rain? Imagine this town in the 20s. Paris in the 20s, in the rain. The artists and writers!
Inez
Why does every city have to be in the rain? What's wonderful about getting wet?
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Misunderstandings About Bad News
Mary
Okay. I have some bad news.
Tim
You're dying?
Mary
No, not that bad.
Tim
I'm dying?
Mary
No. My parents are in town. They're visiting and they're coming around.
Tim
Oh, God. Parents? American parents?
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A Life at Stake
Lisa Reisert
Please, just stop whoever's outside my dad's house!
Jackson Rippner
I already have, by twice intercepting these little communiques! You know, if they'd have fallen into the hands of a by-the-book stewardess, she'd have gone straight to the cockpit and we'd have landed somewhere else! If that happens, Leese, our guy in the BMW's gonna know about it, so do Dad a favor and stop gambling with his life!
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Regina's Harsh Judgment of a Peer
Regina George
This girl is the nastiest skank bitch I've ever met! Do not trust her! She is a fugly slut!!
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Questioning Male Logic in Critical Moments
Lisa Reisert
Where's your male-driven fact-based logic now Jack?
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The Joy of Reading for a Living
Tim
So, what do you do?
Mary
I'm a reader at a publisher.
Tim
No! You read for a living?
Mary
Yes. That's it, I read.
Tim
Oh, that's so great. It's like someone asking, "What do you do for a living?" "Well, I breathe. I'm a breather. I get paid for breathing." How did you get that job?
Mary
Okay, smart-ass, what do you do?
Tim
I am a ]. Sort of… Sort of.
[[lawyer]
Mary
That's ].
[[sexy]
Tim
Is it?
Mary
I mean, I think so. In a suit, in a court, saving people's lives. Kinda sexy.
Tim
I guess it is. Although it's not as sexy as reading. Sitting there in an office in a little chair reading. Ooh!
Mary
Okay, stop. Just wait right there mister, because you know a lot of ] get submitted to my publisher. So it's an immense ].
[[books; [responsibility]
Tim
I bet it is. But when you're doing normal reading, is it ruined because it's your job? You know, like ]? I always ] that when they stop being prostitutes that they can't enjoy sex anymore.
[they both laugh; [prostitutes; [worry]
Mary
You always worry about that?
Tim
No, I sometimes worry about that.
Mary
Oh, okay, good. Because someone who always worried about that would be a bit of a worry.
Tim
When you read a newspaper do you think, "Forget this, it's work"?
Mary
Have you interviewed a lot of prostitutes?
Tim
When you read a menu, do you think, "No, I'm not reading this, unless you pay me hard cash"?
Mary
How many prostitutes will you need to talk to before this issue is solved?
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Appreciation for Imperfection in Music
Allie Hamilton
You're a terrible singer... but I like this song...
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The Illusion of Childhood Dreams
Allie Hamilton
Remember that time in the park? Everything felt so real.. but now I know that life is just an imagination, a pure imagination, and childhood dream shot to tears, due to the anxiety of tomorrow.
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Professional Secrets Revealed in Conversation
Lisa Reisert
So what is it you do?
Jackson Rippner
Government overthrows, flashy high-profile assassinations. The usual.
Lisa Reisert
O.K. Why don't you just tell me what you do?
Jackson Rippner
I already did.
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A Night of Chaos and Complaints
Marianne Taylor
Lisa! Do you have any idea what we've been through? First, there was no reservation. Then, our ceiling exploded. I got chunks of plaster all over me. I could get asthma.
[smiles forcedly at Cynthia]
Lisa Reisert
I'm so sorry, Mrs. Taylor. Is there anything we can do to make it up to you?
Marianne Taylor
Yes. Start by cleaning house. Get rid of her. She is completely useless.
Bob Taylor
Absolutely. And cheeky, too.
Lisa Reisert
I see. Well... Here's what you can do. You can fill out a comment card at our front desk.
[she looks over at Cynthia, then to the Taylors]
Marianne Taylor
A comment card? She asked us to fill out a comment card.
[indignantly to Bob]
Bob Taylor
You want us to fill out a comment card?
Lisa Reisert
Yes, I do. And after you've finished, you can go ahead and just shove it up your ass.
Cynthia
Yeah. You are so my hero.
[as she walks away with Lisa, arm in arm]
Lisa Reisert
Let's open the bar.
Cynthia
Champagne?
Lisa Reisert
Oh, anything but a bay breeze.
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Future Game Nights and Friendships
Gary
I do hope you keep me in mind for any future game nights.
[Max and Annie are hosting a game night and have kept it from Gary]
Max
Oh, you bet.
Gary
I've always enjoyed the camaraderie of good friends competing in games of chance and skill.
Annie
Yeah. Yeah, well, we'll do that, but tonight, it's just the two of us.
Gary
Three bags of Tostito's Scoops, I notice.
Max
There was a special on these tonight. Three for one.
Gary
Three for one?
Max
Yep.
Gary
How can that be profitable for Frito Lay?
Max
These corporations, I don't know what they're doing.
Gary
Well, you two enjoy each other. It's often we don't appreciate what we have until it's gone.
Max
I think that's it.
[Max and Annie wait, until they suddenly realize the conversation is over]
Annie
Okay. Bye-bye!
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Defending Personal Space and Boundaries
Lisa Reisert
Not in my house!
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Terms for Concealing Priest Misconduct
Matt Carroll
I've been through a lot of these now. "Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation. They use a slew of terms. "Absent on leave," "unassigned," "emergency response." They got a word for everything, these guys.
Sacha Pfeiffer
Hmm. Except "rape.
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Rediscovering Lost Connections and Second Chances
Allie Hamilton
You gotta be kiddin me. All this time, that's what I've been missin'? Let's do it again.
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Discussion on Future Family Plans
Mary
What do you think about the kids?
Tim
What about them?
Mary
Not many of them, are there?
Tim
What?!
Mary
Well, I mean, two?
Tim
It's more than the Chinese are allowed.
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Name Revelation in Tense Encounter
Lisa Reisert
Is it Jack for short?
Jackson Rippner
No. I haven't gone by Jack since I was ten years old. Last name's Rippner.
[pause]
Lisa Reisert
Jack Rippner... Jack theee... oooohhhh.
Jackson Rippner
There you go.
Lisa Reisert
That wasn't very nice of your parents.
Jackson Rippner
That's what I told them. Before I killed them.
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A Playful Exchange About Pajamas
Mary
I'm going to go into the bedroom and put on my new pajamas.
Tim
Right.
Mary
And then in a minute you can come in and take them off.
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