Lady Bird (2017)
Laurie Metcalf: Marion McPherson
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Quotes
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Marion McPherson : I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : What if this is the best version?
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Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : Why can't you say I look nice?
Marion McPherson : I thought you didn't even care what I think.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : I still want you to think I look good.
Marion McPherson : Okay, I'm sorry. I was telling you the truth, do you want me to lie?
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : No, I mean, I just, I wish that you liked me.
Marion McPherson : Of course I love you.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : But do you like me?
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Marion McPherson : Money is not life's report card. Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful. But that doesn't mean that you're happy.
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Marion McPherson : We don't need to buy that.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : It's only three dollars. I'm having a hard week.
Marion McPherson : Well, if you wanna read it, we can go down to the public library.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : I wanna read it in bed.
Marion McPherson : That's something that rich people do. We're not rich people.
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Marion McPherson : If you're tired, we can sit down.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : I'm not tired.
Marion McPherson : Oh, okay. I just couldn't tell because you were dragging your feet.
Marion McPherson : [Lady Bird rolls her eyes] Well, I just couldn't tell.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : Why didn't you just say "pick up your feet"?
Marion McPherson : I didn't know if you were tired.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : You're being passive aggressive.
Marion McPherson : No, I wasn't.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : You are SO INFURIATING!
Marion McPherson : Please stop yelling.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : I'm not yelling.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : [Marion picks out a pink dress] Oh, it's perfect!
Marion McPherson : Do you love it?
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[first lines]
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : Do you think I look like I'm from Sacramento?
Marion McPherson : [while cleaning up their motel room] You are from Sacramento.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : You don't have to do that.
Marion McPherson : Well, it's nice to make things neat and clean. You ready to go home?
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson : Ready.
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Marion McPherson : Do you think that Shelly and Miguel have sex on the pull-out couch?
Larry McPherson : Oh, yeah.