To Die For (1995) - Quotes

Ambition Requires Heart and Strategy

Taglines: She knew what it took to get to the top...a lot of heart and a little head.

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Driven by Ambition and Desire

Taglines: She was prepared to go all the way...for what she wanted.

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Determined to Achieve Her Desires

Taglines: She will do anything to get what she wants...ANYTHING.

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The Pursuit of Fame and Scandal

Taglines: Murder...scandal...fame...Who says you can't have it all?

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Threats and Love in Tense Conversation

Lydia Mertz: [about Jimmy] He says that he needs to see you and that he's dying of love.

Suzanne Stone: Ughhh! Tell him to call a doctor.

Lydia Mertz: And Russell wants his money, and his CDs.

Suzanne Stone: Really? Well, you tell Russell if he doesn't keep his mouth shut, he's gonna be playing his goddamn CDs in the gas chamber!

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Casual Conversation About Relationships and Intimacy

Russel Hines: [about Suzanne and her husband Larry] I bet he jumps her all the time, you know? Like after dinner, just bang, right on the kitchen table. Fucking during even.

Jimmy Emmett: Yeah. Maybe both.

Russel Hines: Those skinny bitches, they can't get enough of it. They're always wanting it. That's a medical fact.

Jimmy Emmett: Yeah.

Russel Hines: It's because the nerves in their body are all bunched up in their snatch. You know what I mean? They're all right up in there, so they're all whack.

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Disillusionment with Fairytales and Support Expectations

Suzanne Stone: [to Lydia in the dressing room] Well, you grow up, you know? You think it's all gonna be like a fairytale. Like you're Sleeping Beauty, and along comes this Prince Charming, and he looks at you, and it's night time, and he smiles at you and kisses you.

Lydia Mertz: Yeah, I - I know that story.

Suzanne Stone: And then... then you wake up... and it's daylight... and you look at him. It's just when you work all day, trying to perfect yourself and create something meaningful, you expect some support. Does anyone ever say "Did you have a good shoot today?" or "How's the editing going?" or anything of that nature?

Lydia Mertz: I guess not.

Suzanne Stone: No. I mean, the point is... Larry is a nice guy, you know? But he just doesn't know a thing about television.

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Concerns About Health and Parenting Aspirations

Angela Maretto: [about Larry] He sure is great with those kids.

Suzanne Stone: He's gotta stop eating that junk. He's getting a rubber tire around him.

Angela Maretto: He'll make a wonderful father someday.

Suzanne Stone: He calls them love handles. I call them flab.

Angela Maretto: What about you?

Suzanne Stone: [horrified] Me? You think I look fat?

Angela Maretto: No! What about the idea of kids? That's what I mean.

Suzanne Stone: Well, I love kids. I absolutely love them, but a woman in my field with a baby has two strikes against her. Say I'm in New York.

Angela Maretto: [confused] New York?

Suzanne Stone: Well, for instance. And I'm suddenly called on some foreign assignment, like a royal wedding or a revolution in South America. You can't run from place to place with your crew following and conduct serious interviews with a big, fat stomach. Or say you've already had the baby, and you've got this blubber, these boobs out to here. It's just so gross.

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Perceptions of Weight and Television Influence

Suzanne Stone: I'm planning to start this exercise class so I can get rid of a few pounds myself.

Joe Maretto: [chuckles; wife Angela laughs] From where? Your feet?

Suzanne Stone: On TV, the camera adds five pounds.

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Unexpected Weather Report Introduction

Suzanne Stone: Good evening, from the WWEN Weather Center!

Ed Grant: [to himself, confused] Weather Center?

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First Impressions Described as Cold

Janice Maretto: [being interviewed about Suzanne; beat] First impressions in one word? You really want to know? Four letters, begins with "C." Cold. C-O-L-D. Cold.

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Ambition and Fame in Lydia's Perspective

Lydia Mertz: But it's really something when you think that... I'm the one who's gonna be famous. Suzanne would die if she knew.

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The Paradox of Television and Identity

Lydia Mertz: Suzanne used to say that you're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV...'cause what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if there's nobody watching? So when people are watching, it makes you a better person. So if everybody was on TV all the time, everybody would be better people. But, if everybody was on TV all the time, there wouldn't be anybody left to watch, and that's where I get confused.

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Commitment Beyond a Lifetime

Jimmy Emmett: I'll be here every day for life, plus 30 years, if I live that long.

A Unique Response to Weather Conditions

Jimmy Emmett: Any time it rains, or when there's thunder and lightning, or when it snows, I have to jack off.

Perception of Credibility in Judgment

Suzanne Stone: [to Lydia about Russell and Jimmy; laughs] It's their word against mine. Who are they? Bunch of 16-year-old losers who grew up in trailers whose parents sit around drinking and screwing their cousins! I'm a professional person, for Christ's sake. I come from a good home. Who do you think a jury would believe?

The Dream of Global Connection Through Television

Suzanne Stone: I believe that in our fast-moving computer age it is the medium of television that joins together the global community, and it is the television journalist who serves as messenger bringing the world into our homes and our homes into the world. It has always been my dream to become such a messenger. I look to you, gentlemen, now to make that dream a reality.

A Reflection on Power and Appearance

Suzanne Stone: [[w:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mr. Gorbachev] You know ], the guy that ran Russia for so long? I am a firm believer that he would still be in power today if he had had that ugly purple thing taken off his head.

Value of Life and Liberty in America

Suzanne Stone: It's nice to live in a country where life, liberty...and all the rest of it still stand for something.

The Tragedy of Self-Identification

Suzanne Stone: [[w:Connie Chung|Connie Chung; [w:Maury Povich|Maury Povich; [w:Jane Pauley|Jane Pauley] The point is that, for instance, ], who is married, I believe, to ], the well-known interviewer, doesn't say: Hello, this is Connie Povich with the news. Now, does she? And I don't think she would be embarrassed by it because she's already pretty ethnic when you think about it. Or to take another example, someone who doesn't have an ethnic bone in her body. There's ], who I strongly relate to because, you know, we have similar physical traits. Although I don't have to struggle with the weight problem like she does. And she also, to the best of my knowledge, has never identified herself, audience-wise, as Jane Trudeau even though her husband, Mr. Trudeau, is a prominent cartoonist of some kind, and not, as so many people believe, the ex-president of Canada. So, what I'm saying is this: There are some people who never know who they are or who they wanna be until it's too late. And that is a real tragedy in my book, because I always knew who I was and who I wanted to be. Always.

The Importance of Visibility in America

Suzanne Stone: You're not anybody in America unless you're on TV. On TV is where we learn about who we really are. Because what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if nobody's watching? And if people are watching, it makes you a better person.

Life is a Learning Experience

Suzanne Stone: [narrating; speaking; flashback to wedding; cut to corpse which lies staring blankly; sniffles; smiles] Here's what I found out. That all of life is a learning experience. Everything is part of a big master plan. But sometimes... Well, it's hard to read. I mean, it's like if you get too close to the screen, all you can see is a bunch of little dots. You don't see the big picture until you stand back. But when you do, everything comes into focus. Hi. My name is Suzanne Maretto. No, wait. I'm sorry. Suzanne Maretto is my married name. My own name... is Suzanne Stone. That's my professional name. Suzanne Stone. It's not like I have any negative feelings about the name Maretto. Maretto is the name, after all, of my husband …who I loved very, very much. Um. Heh. Sorry. Sorry. It's also the name of his parents, Joe and Angela Maretto... and of his lovely and talented sister, Janice Maretto... who have been like a second family to me... and who I regard as I do my own family... particularly since my recent tragedy. I knew just through knowing and being related to them. They have given me what I think is a very precious and valuable insight... into the different kinds of ethnic relationships... that are part of the very things that I've been trying to explore... as a member of the professional media.