The Devil Wears Prada Quotes

Miranda Something funny?

Andrea No. No, no. Nothing's... You know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. You know, I'm still learning about all this stuff and, uh...

Miranda This stuff?" Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select, I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue. It's not turquoise, it's not lapis. It's actually ]. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, ] did a series of cerulean ballgowns. And then it was ], wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it filtered on down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs. And it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.

Miranda Who are you?

Andrea I'm Andy Sachs, I just graduated from Northwestern University

Miranda And what are you doing here?

Andrea Well, I think I could do a good job as your assistant, and, um... I came to New York to be a journalist, and I sent out letters everywhere, and I finally got a call from Elias Clark and met with Sherry up at Human Resources and- basically, it's this or Auto Universe.

Miranda So you don't read Runway.

Andrea No.

Miranda And before today you had never heard of me?

Andrea No.

Miranda And you have no style or sense of fashion.

Andrea Well, um, I think that depends on what you're …

Miranda No, no, that wasn't a question.

Andrea Learned a lot. In the end though, I kind of screwed it up.

Editor I called over there for a reference, left word with some snooty girl. Next thing you know, I got a fax from Miranda Priestly herself... saying that of all the assistants she's ever had... you were, by far, her biggest disappointment. And, if I don't hire you, I am an idiot. You must have done something right.

Nigel Yes, because that's really what this whole multibillion-dollar industry is all about, isn't it? Inner beauty.

Andrea Hey Emily! It's Andy. Don't hang up. I have a favor to ask you.

Emily You have a favor to ask of me?

Andrea You see, I have these clothes from Paris, and I don't have any place to wear them, so I was wondering if you could take them off my hands.

Emily Well, I don't know. It's a huge imposition. I mean I'll have to get them taken in. I mean they'll drown me. But... I suppose I could help you out. I will have Roy pick them up this afternoon.

Andrea Thanks Em. Good luck!

Emily You have some very large shoes to fill. I hope you know that.

Miranda By all means move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.

Miranda What about accessories for April?

Jocelyn One thought I had was enamel, um, bangles, pendants, earrings—

Miranda No; we did that two years ago. What else?

Jocelyn Um, well, they're showing a lot of florals right now, so I was thinking—

Miranda Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.

Taglines Hell on Heels

Andrea She hates me, Nigel.

Nigel And that's my problem because... Oh, wait. No, it's not my problem.

Andrea I don't know what else I can do because if I do something right, it's unacknowledged. She doesn't even say thank you. But if I do something wrong, she is vicious.

Nigel So quit.

Andrea What?

Nigel Quit.

Andrea Quit?

Nigel I can get another girl to take your job in five minutes... one who really wants it.

Andrea No, I don't want to quit. That's not fair. But, I, you know, I'm just saying that I would just like a little credit... for the fact that I'm killing myself trying.

Nigel Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining. What is it that you want me to say to you, huh? Do you want me to say, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy"? Hmm? Wake up, six. She's just doing her job. Don't you know that you are working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century? ], ], de la Renta. And what they did, what they created was greater than art because you live your life in it. Well, not you, obviously, but some people. You think this is just a magazine, hmm? This is not just a magazine. This is a shining beacon of hope for... oh, I don't know... let's say a young boy growing up in ] with six brothers pretending to go to soccer practice when he was really going to sewing class and reading Runway under the covers at night with a flashlight. You have no idea how many legends have walked these halls. And what's worse, you don't care. Because this place, where so many people would die to work you only deign to work. And you want to know why she doesn't kiss you on the forehead and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day. Wake up, sweetheart.

Andrea Hello Miranda?

Miranda My flight has been cancelled. It's some absurd weather problem. I need to get home tonight. The twins have a recital tomorrow morning at school.

Andrea What?

Miranda AT SCHOOL!

Andrea Absolutely. Let me see what I can do.

Miranda Good.

Andrea Miranda, hi, I'm trying to get you a flight but no one is flying out because of the weather.

Miranda Oh, please... it's just- I don't know- drizzling. Someone must be getting out. Call ]. Get her jet. Call everybody else that we know that has a jet- Irv?- Call every- This is your responsibi- THIS IS YOUR JOB!- Get-me-HOME!

Andrea Oh, my god! She's going to murder me.

Richard Sachs What does she want you to do, call the National Guard and have her airlifted out of there?

Andrea Of course not! Could I do that?

Emily Well, everybody will be leaving soon to get ready so I suggest you drop off Miranda's Fendi bag off at the showroom and then I suppose you can just go home.

Andrea Yeah? Cool. That is great. I need to get to the Magnolia Bakery before it closes. It's Nate's birthday tonight, so we're having a little party for him.

Emily Yeah, I'm hearing this (flaps fingers and thumb on right hand) and I wanna hear this (holds up left hand with fingers and thumb together).

Andrea Yeah (leaving)

Emily (whispering) I love my job, I love my job ...

Miranda So, first of all, we need to move Snoop Dogg to my table.

Andrea But your table's full.

Miranda Stephen isn't coming.

Andrea Oh, Stephen isn't... so I don't need to fetch Stephen from the airport tomorrow?

Miranda Well, if you speak to him and he decides to rethink the divorce, then, yes, fetch away. You're very fetching, so, go fetch. And then, when we get back to New York, we need to contact Leslie, and see what she can do to minimize the press on all this. Another divorce splashed across Page Six. I can just imagine what they're going to write about me. "The Dragon Lady, career-obsessed, Snow Queen drives away another Mr. Priestly." Rupert Murdoch should cut me a check for all the papers I sell for him. Anyway, I don't, I don't really care what anybody writes about me. But my... my girls, I just... It's just so unfair to the girls. And it's just another disappointment. Another letdown. Another father figure gone. Anyway, the point is... the point is... the point is, we really need to figure out where to place Donatella, because she's barely speaking to anyone.

Andrea I'm so sorry, Miranda. If you want me to cancel your evening, I can.

Miranda Don't be ridiculous. Why would we do that?

Andrea Is there anything else I can do to help?

Miranda Your job. That's all.

Miranda You thought I didn't know. I've known what was happening for quite some time. It just took me a little while to find a suitable alternative for Jacqueline, and that James Holt job was just so absurdly overpaid that of course she jumped at it. So I just had to tell Irv that Jacqueline was unavailable. Truth is, no one can do what I do, including her. Any of the other choices would have found that job impossible and the magazine would have suffered. Especially because of the list. The list of designers, photographers, editors, writers, models, all of whom were founded by me, nurtured by me and have promised me they will follow me whenever and if ever I choose to leave Runway. So he reconsidered. But I was very very impressed by how intently you tried to warn me. I never thought I would say this, Andrea, but I really, I see a great deal of myself in you. You can look beyond what people want, and what they need, and you can choose for yourself.

Andrea I don't think I'm like that. I couldn't do what you did to Nigel, Miranda. I couldn't do something like that.

Miranda Hmm. But you already did. To Emily.

Andrea That's not what I... no, no, that was different. I didn't have a choice.

Miranda Oh no, you chose. You chose to get ahead. You want this life, those choices are necessary.

Andrea But what if this isn't what I want? I mean, what if I don't wanna live the way you live?

Miranda Oh, don't be ridiculous, Andrea. Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.

Emily Oh God, Andy ... you look so chic.

Andrea Aw ... Thanks Em! You look so thin!

Emily Do I? Oh, it's for Paris ... I'm on this new diet. Well I don't eat anything. And when I feel like I'm about to faint, I eat a cube of cheese.

Andrea Well, it's definitely working.

Emily I know, I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.

Miranda I don't understand why it's so difficult to confirm an appointment.

Emily I'm so sorry, Miranda, I actually did confirm –

Miranda Details of your incompetence do not interest me. Tell Simone that I'm not going to approve that girl that she sent me for the Brazilian layout. I asked for clean, athletic, smiling; she sent me dirty, tired and paunchy. And RSVP yes to ] party. I want the driver to drop me off at 9.30 and pick me up at 9.45 sharp. And then call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no, for the fortieth time, no, I don't want ]. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb ]. And then call my ex-husband and remind him that the parent–teacher conference is at ] tonight. And then call my husband. Ask him to please meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Massimo. Also, tell Richard I saw all the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers, and they're all so deeply unattractive. Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender, female paratrooper? Am I reaching for the stars here? Not really. Also, I need to see all the things Nigel has pulled for ]'s second cover try. I wonder if she's lost any of that weight yet. Who is that?

Emily Nobody! Oh, uhm, well, Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, and I was sort of "pre-interviewing" her for you, but she's hopeless and also totally wrong for –

Miranda Well clearly I'm going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me were completely inadequate, so … send her in. That's all.