May December Quotes

Gracie My brother Mark, he still lives in Richmond. He always says, "Keep your expectations low, and you'll never be disappointed." And I always forget that.

Elizabeth How many brothers do you have?

Gracie Four. Two older. Two younger. But I think you know that.

Elizabeth So... what were your expectations?

Gracie Uh, that tonight would go well. That my children would love me. And my life would be perfect.

Elizabeth That was a little naive.

Gracie I am naive. I always have been. In a way, it's been a gift.

Joe Yoo God, I can't tell if we're connecting, or if I'm creating a bad memory for you in real time, but I can't help it.

Joe Yoo What happened?

Gracie Joyce in Mercer called and cancelled her order, and all future orders.

Joe Yoo I'm sorry.

Gracie And I told her that I'd already made it, and she said that she would pay for it, but that she didn't need it. They were leaving town.

Joe Yoo Where are they going?

Gracie Her sister is sick or something. It doesn't matter. I wasted hours that I could have used.

Joe Yoo You couldn't have known, Gracie.

Gracie I just... I hate things like that. And now I have this cake that's going to go right in the garbage.

Joe Yoo You don't have to throw it in the garbage.

Gracie It's my understanding that the movie takes place between 1992 and 1994, am I wrong? So why would you need to know anything that happened after that?

Elizabeth Well, there are things that exist inside people that don't necessarily come to a head until later, and I try and look for the seeds of those things.

Elizabeth Well... sometimes it's really mechanical, like a choreographed dance, you know, where the only thing you can focus on is where you're supposed to be, and when. And then sometimes there's real chemistry between two people and you start feeling like it's real. In a strange way. You'd never admit it to one another, but you're wearing practically nothing and you're rubbing up against each other... and sweating... and it's for hours... and you start losing the line, of like, am I pretending that I'm experiencing pleasure, or am I... Am I pretending that I'm not experiencing pleasure? And the whole crew, they're almost always all men. You feel them watching. And you feel them, like... ...holding their breath. And they try and hide it when they swallow. You give into the rhythm, you know, every time. Tension never breaks.

Gracie Well, I'm not gonna cross-examine you, say what you wanna say.

Elizabeth My love... after you left tonight, I thought about the kind of life we could have if things were different. If I had been born later, or you long ago. But who knows what we would have been like then. Or where. What tragedies we'd have to face along the way. What bad luck. This is not what I ever would have wanted. But I'm so... grateful that our paths led us to this road, no matter what the cost. I think about you all the time and the feeling I get when we look each other in the eyes. Do you feel that too? I know you don't have much to compare it to, but... let me assure you. It is rare. I've gone my whole life without it. And now that I've found it, I can't imagine going back and pretending. Sometimes I wish we'd never met, or that you didn't get the job in the pet shop at least, because I know that our lives will be forever changed because of this no matter how it all turns out. I know that my husband and my children... I... I know that this will affect them too. My hope is that we can keep our secrets long enough until at least we're in no danger from the law. Maybe by then I'll have enough time to end things cleanly, and to make sure that the children know that I love them. And maybe by then we'll have figured out what to say. When this first started, I didn't know what to think. I knew that we'd crossed a line, and I felt in my heart that we would cross it again. But now I think... I've lost track of where the line is. Who even draws these lines? All I know is that I love you and you love me. And you gave me so much pleasure tonight. I hope I did the same for you. I'll see you Saturday. Please burn this. you know what could happen to me if anyone ever found it. Your Gracie.

Kimme Uh, how... How do you choose your roles?

Elizabeth Hmm. Well, when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles, I... I wanna find... a character that's... That's difficult to... to, on the surface, understand. I want... I want to take the person, and figure out why are they like this. Were they born, or were they made? And then that can run the gamut from the more notorious to the... Just anyone.

Mary Atherton-Yoo Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person?

Elizabeth Are you kidding? I mean, pick any great role. Medea or Hedda Gabbler, or...

Cameron Tony Soprano.

Elizabeth Precisely... Cameron. It's the complexity. It's the moral grey areas that are interesting, right?

Gracie What's making you feel bad?

Joe Yoo It's not... I don't feel bad, like... I'm just trying to say... What if I wasn't ready to be making those kinds of decisions? Then... then what? Because the kids. What would that mean?

Gracie I don't understand what you're saying.

Joe Yoo I'm saying, what if I was too young?

Gracie Well... You seduced me.

Joe Yoo But I was 13 years old.

Gracie Don't give me that.

Joe Yoo But I was.

Gracie I don't care how old you were. Who was in charge?

Joe Yoo What?

Gracie Who was the boss? Who was in charge? Who was in charge?

Gracie Honor, I got you that scale, as I told you at the time, as a tradition, because that's what my mother got me when I graduated from high school. You try going through life without a scale. See how that goes.

Gracie Insecure people are very dangerous, aren't they? I'm secure. Make sure you put that in there.

Elizabeth Why did you marry a man like Tom?

Gracie I was young, and he seemed perfect on paper. It was a different time. My father used to say, "You're either leaving this house in a veil, or in a box.

Elizabeth Peace is sitting on a lake in the summertime. Peace is a Coca-Cola on a hot summer day. Peace is being with you.

Gracie The assignment was "What is peace?

Gracie I thought you were taller. You look taller on television, but we're basically the same size.

Elizabeth We're basically the same.

Elizabeth You're so young. Believe me. You could start over.

Joe Yoo And do what?

Elizabeth Anything.

Elizabeth Are you scared?

Young Actor No.

Elizabeth It's okay to be scared.

Young Actor I'm not.

Elizabeth She won't bite.

Young Actor How do you know?

Elizabeth She's not that kind of snake.

Director Beautiful. I think we got it.

Elizabeth Wait, can we... Can we do it again, please? Please? Just for me.

Man 2 Lizzie...

Elizabeth Please. Please. Wait, it's getting more real.