A Chorus Line - Dreams of Dance and Motherhood
Sheila:
I have a daughter. She's nine. She loves me a lot, hates me a lot. And, uh, God help her, she wants to be a dancer.
Diana:
What's so wrong about that? How can anybody in their right mind want to be anything else? I remember I used to stand outside this stage door, and watch the girls come out, and think: "God, can anything like that ever happen to me?" But now I meet somebody, and they say: "Wow, you dance on Broadway? You got somewhere. You're something.
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A Chorus Line - Reflections on Beauty and Aging
Sheila:
My mother was kind of middle-aged and frumpy.
Diana:
Whose isn't?
Sheila:
At fourteen she was middle-aged and frumpy.
Zach:
Is that the kind of woman your father liked?
Sheila:
No. My father liked them very young, tall,and filled out in all the right places.
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A Chorus Line - Reflections on Dreams and Lighting Choices
Zach:
Is there anything you want to tell me?
Sheila:
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Zach:
Okay.
Sheila:
Young. That light - don't you have anything softer?
Zach:
Come closer.
Sheila:
Can I sit on your lap?
Zach:
Do you always come on like this?
Sheila:
No. Sometimes I'm aggressive.
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A Chorus Line - Memory and Confidence in Performance
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A Chorus Line - Frustration and Talent in Auditioning
Sheila:
Sounds like God got out the wrong side of the bed.
Bobby:
I hate these auditions. I don't mind being treated like puppets, but worms?
Sheila:
Or merchandise? Personally, I wouldn't mind him being such a shit if he wasn't so goddamned talented.
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A Chorus Line - Choreography's Rooted in Dance Experience
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A Chorus Line - Miscommunication About Job Numbers
Mike Cass:
How many jobs are there?
Larry:
4 and 4.
Judy Monroe:
44?
Sheila:
No, 4 and 4.
Larry:
4 boys, 4 girls.
Sheila:
Need any women?
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A Chorus Line - Feeling Excluded from Social Invitations
Sheila:
Why is it only I ever get invited places?
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