Vera Farmiga Quotes

Orphan

A Plea for Maternal Connection

Esther/Leena Please... don't let me die, Mommy.

Kate I'm not your fucking mommy!

[kicks Esther in the face and sends her back into the pond to drown, her neck broken]

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The Many Saints of Newark

Police Raid Leads to Husband's Arrest

Livia Soprano My God! What did they do?

Police Officer We raided a card game, but we got lucky. Picked up your husband on an outstanding warrant. Had to take ’em somewhere.

Livia Soprano Warrant? For what?

Police Officer Assault with a deadly weapon.

Livia Soprano The Lobster Trap Restaurant? That wasn’t him. He didn’t do that. Where is he?

Police Officer Downtown.

Livia Soprano He’s downtown, where he might get burned to death?! What are you people thinking?! Janice, shut up with that! What were the two of you doing at that card game?

[turns to a sobbing young Janice]

Young Tony Soprano Dad took Janice to ride the rides while he played cards. But he wouldn’t take me because I passed gas while he was eating lunch.

Livia Soprano Get inside, both of you! Anthony!

[Janice runs upstairs into the house and Tony runs away]

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Orphan

Household Rules on Door Security

Kate Esther, what are you doing?

Esther I always lock the door.

Kate Nope. We don't lock doors in this house.

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The Departed

Seeking Truth in Uncomfortable Conversations

Madolyn What do you expect coming in here?

Billy Costigan I have to come here.

Madolyn I know you have to come here, but now that you're here, what do you want?

Billy Costigan You want the truth? Valium.

Madolyn You know if you lied, you would have an easier time getting what you wanted.

Billy Costigan What does that say about what you do for a living?

Madolyn I just think we should have a few more meetings before we even talk about prescriptions.

Billy Costigan Look...look, I'm having panic attacks, alright? The other night I thought I was having a fucking heart attack. I puked in a trash barrel on the way over here. I haven't slept for fucking weeks.

Madolyn Is that true?

Billy Costigan Yeah, that's true. Alright? I said it was fucking true. I want some fucking pills and you're gonna what? You're gonna close my file? Is that what you're going to do?

Madolyn No, I didn't close your file. I--

Billy Costigan I thought I was supposed to tell the truth here, if only fucking here!

Madolyn You are! You are!

Billy Costigan Christ. I mean, a guy comes in here against every, every instinct of privacy and self-reliance he has and what do you do? What do you do, huh? You send him off on the street to score smack, is that what you do? You're fucking ridiculous!

Billy Costigan Two pills? Great. Why don't you just give me a bottle of scotch and a handgun to blow my fucking head off! Are we done here with this psychiatry bullshit?

[picking up the pills]

Madolyn You know what? You can leave!

Billy Costigan What the fuck did I just put myself through? I'm fucking out of here. And what if that was a legitimate threat? Think about it, fucking hotshot!

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Orphan

Concerns About Esther's Behavior Arise

Sister Abigail I'm afraid I may have made a mistake. There could be something wrong with Esther.

John What? What do you mean? You told us that you'd never had any trouble with her.

Sister Abigail I didn't. But trouble does have a way of finding her.

Kate What kind of trouble?

Sister Abigail Two girls get into a fight, there she is. Someone gets caught stealing, there she is again.

John So, does that mean-?

Kate John, just let her finish.

[to John]

Sister Abigail After you told me about the girl in the playground, I called her old school. While she was there, there was a boy who fell with a pair of scissors in his hand and accidentally stabbed himself through the jaw. And Esther was there again.

John I don't understand. He accidentally stabbed himself.

Sister Abigail But the most troubling thing is the Sullivan house fire. I checked into it further, it was arson. They have never found the person who did it.

John What are you suggesting here? That she had anything to do with any of this? It's ridiculous.

Sister Abigail That a child could commit such crimes. It just flies in the face of everything I believe.

John Oh... well, yeah.

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Orphan

Phone Call from the Saarne Institute

Kate Hello?

Dr. Varava Is this Kate Coleman? Hello?

[small pause]

Kate Yeah, this is she.

Dr. Varava My name is Dr. Varava. I'm calling from the Saarne Institute. I've just seen the picture you e-mailed.

Kate And do you recognize her?

Dr. Varava Where is she right now? Is she someplace where she can hear you?

Kate No, she's not with me. She's with my husband at home---

Dr. Varava Call your husband right now, and tell him to get your family out of the house. Then call the police.

Kate He won't listen to me. Why?

Dr. Varava Then tell him the little girl in the picture, is not really a little girl. She is a grown woman.

Kate What? What are you talking about? The picture I sent you is of our adopted daughter, and she's 9 years old.

Dr. Varava No, she's not. She has a rare hormone disorder. It's called hypopituitarism, it causes proportional dwarfism. She only looks like a child. According to our records, Leena Klammer was born in 1976. She's 33 years old.

[checks on the records]

Kate This can't be. This is a mistake.

Dr. Varava I hope so, for your sake. Does she have the scars?

Kate Coleman What? I don't know. What scars?

Dr. Varava Leena was one of our most violent patients. When she was here, she was kept in a straitjacket to stop her from hurting our staff. She was constantly fighting to get out. It cut into her skin and left her with scars around her wrists and neck. There is no way you could not have seen them.

Kate Why was she at your hospital?

Dr. Varava She's dangerously ill, violent. She killed seven people that we know of.

Kate Oh, my God. How could she fool us?

Dr. Varava She has been passing herself off as a little girl for most of her life. She tricked a family here in Estonia into adopting her. When she couldn't seduce the father, she killed him and his whole family.

Kate Then she burned the house down?

Dr. Varava Yes. How did you know? She disappeared a year ago, and we lost track of her. If it's really Leena, you don't have much time.

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The Commuter

The Impact of One Small Action

Joanna What if someone asked you to do one little thing but would affect another passenger on this train? Would you do it?

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Up in the Air

Unspoken Expectations in Relationships

Alex What were you thinking showing up at my door like that?

[Over the phone]

Ryan I wanted to see you. I didn't know you had a family why wouldn't you tell me that?

Alex Goran I'm sorry I ruined your evening but you could've seriously screwed things up for me. That's my family that's my real life.

Ryan I thought I was a part of your life.

Alex I thought we signed up for the same thing.

Ryan Tell me what exactly you signed up for.

Alex I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis.

Ryan I'm a parenthesis?

Alex What do you want? Tell me what you want. You don't even know what you want. I'm a grown up, so if you'd like to see me again then give me a call.

[pause]

Orphan

Conflict Over Allegations in a Game

John Brenda's father says... that you pushed her.

[while signing]

Esther That's not true, we were just playing. I swear.

John Okay.

Kate And did you see what happened?

[to Max, signing]

Max She slipped.

[signing back, but not speaking]

Orphan

Trust and Jealousy in a Long Relationship

John Kate... Kate. You can't get jealous of every woman that I talk to, right? It's been like ten years.

Kate What does that mean, "It's been ten years"? You say that like it, it, it actually means something. It's only been two years since you told me.

John You know how sorry I am; I just feel like I've earned a little trust here. I gave you a second chance.

Kate That's not fair... that's not fair.

John Let me get this straight: We can talk about my mistakes, but not yours?

Kate I was sick! You're an asshole who wanted to fuck somebody else!

The Commuter

Consequences of Missed Opportunities

Joanna You had your chance, now EVERYONE dies!

[on the phone to Michael]

Orphan

Discussing Behavioral Issues in Parenting

Kate We've had some behavioral problems, but...

John Yeah, nothing like that. I mean, right?

Kate Yes, we have.

John Really, hon, think about it.

Sister Abigail I've tried to reach the Russian orphanage where she was raised. I think we need to know what we're dealing with.

John Oh-uh, I'll tell you what we're dealing with. We're dealing with...

Kate N-no, you know what?

John Stop. Listen. We're dealing with a 9-year-old girl who's an orphan,---

[turns to Kate.; turns back to Sister Abigail.]

Kate Y-yeah, that's it...

John ...okay?

[to Sister Abigail]

Kate We're taking her to Dr. Browning.

John We can take her to Dr. Browning.

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