Last Holiday (2006)
Queen Latifah: Georgia Byrd
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Quotes
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[from trailer]
Georgia Byrd : Next time... we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.
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[voiceover while writing a letter]
Georgia Byrd : If you're reading this letter, my disease has run its course. Enclosed is some money for my burial. I would like to be cremated. I spent my whole life in a box. I don't want to be buried in one. Georgia May Byrd.
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Georgia Byrd : I didn't come here to make an impression on anybody, I just came here to blow every last cent I had.
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Georgia Byrd : You wait and you wait for somethin' big to happen... and then you find out you gon' die.
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Gunther : Please don't die, Miss Byrd, I read your note.
Georgia Byrd : You went through my stuff?
Gunther : Oh yeah, I go through everyone's stuff, I apologize.
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Georgia Byrd : What you gon' do in Nashville?
Tanya : Girl, I am finally gon' be a country-western singer!
Georgia Byrd : Tanya, ain't no such thing as a black country-western singer.
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Dr. Gupta : I quit my job!
Georgia Byrd : Congratulations!
Dr. Gupta : I quit my job!
Georgia Byrd : You should've never had that job!
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Gunther : You were misdiagnosed by a faulty dog scan, you don't have Lampington's, you're going to live!
Georgia Byrd : I'm not going to die?
Gunther : No!
Georgia Byrd : I'm going to live?
Gunther : Yes!
Georgia Byrd : I'm gonna live! Everybody, I'm gonna live!
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[pointing at pictures in Possibilites Book]
Georgia Byrd : I really wanted to meet you. And I shoulda ate that. I shoulda ate all that stuff. Especially that. Shoulda put my foot in that.
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[Adamian is making Georgia listen to Kragen's CD]
Kragen'sVoice : Rule One: Life is not a popularity contest, but it is a contest. Boo-hoo, they don't like me. Rule Two: You grab that scared little loser inside you and you beat the living crap out of him. Rule Three: When is enough enough? Enough is *never* enough.
[Georgia takes the CD out and breaks it]
Georgia Byrd : Enough is enough right now Mr. Adamian!
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Georgia Byrd : What world was I living in?
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Gunther : [Georgia finishes telling Gunther the spa services she wants to have reserved] No anti-aging treatment?
Georgia Byrd : No, I ain't worried about aging.
Gunther : So that will be all?
Georgia Byrd : Ooh... ah... yes! The colon irrigation treatment. That's my gift to you. Sorta like a 'let's be friend's' gesture. Now you think of me when you're having it!
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Gunther : Don't die, Miss Byrd, I read the note.
Georgia Byrd : You went through my stuff?
Gunther : Ja, I go through everyone's stuff, forgive me.
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Georgia Byrd : Don't that ceiling ever just make you want to cry?
[smiles]
Marie : I've never noticed Madam.
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Georgia Byrd : [on the spa table] I've gotta use the bathroom!
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Georgia Byrd : [Georgia has just informed everyone that she is dying after Kragen tries to cruelly expose her has a nobody who works for him. The news of her dying leaves everyone shocked] Yeah, see, I had the same reaction when I found out that I only had three weeks to live. l mean, l tried to keep it to myself for exactly this reason. lt's a party-killer, ain't it? But I did land on that mountaintop, and I ended up on the cover of a ski magazine! Don't feel sorry for me, baby. Never in my life did I think I would end up in such a beautiful place, doing so many incredible things. So, I'm sorry if I was maybe a little bit too honest with you. But I wasted too much of my life being quiet. l was afraid, l guess. You know how it is - You keep your head down, and you hustle and hustle... and then you look up one day and wonder, "How did l even get here?" See, some of the things we care about a lot are pretty worthless. So, l hope l haven't spoiled your evening. And... It's truly been my pleasure.
[holds up her champagne glass]
Georgia Byrd : Happy New Year.
[everyone - except Kragen - toast to her in sorrowful admiration, saying "Happy New Year, Georgia", "Happy New Year." and "Thank You".]
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[while relaxing in the spa, Georgia overhears Mrs. Burns speak rudely to the masseuse Brigitta and goes up to confront her]
Georgia Byrd : [to Ms. Burns] Hey. Hey! I don't like the way you're talking to that woman.
Ms. Burns : I'm sorry if I disturbed you, Ms. Bird. She was hurting me, though...
Georgia Byrd : I don't care. You don't talk to working people that way. Now, it's plain to see what the problem is here. You've got tension in your neck 'cuz you keep going down on Mr. Kragen, and he's a married man. At least that poor lady is trying to work it out of you. So, don't take it out on Brigitta.
Brigitta : [grateful] Thank you.
[Georgia winks at Brigitta; the other massueses start giggling, having overheard the exchange]
Georgia Byrd : Anyway, enjoy your massage.
Brigitta : [smiling] Thank you very much.
Ms. Burns : [stunned] Bye.
[Georgia leaves. Brigitta happily continues to massage Ms. Burns, who looks extremely embarrassed]
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[Georgia is relaxing with cucumbers on her eyes. An embarressed and shame-faced Ms. Burns slumps into a next next to Georgia's. This is after Georgia called Ms. Burns out for speaking disrespectfully to a masseuse and pointed out the younger woman's tension over her extramarital affair with the already married Matthew Kragen]
Ms. Burns : Is it that obvious that I'm sleeping with him?
[Georgia pulls back one of the cucumbers and gives her a knowing look]
Ms. Burns : [Despairingly] I knew it... None of the other women at the company will even talk to me. I'm marked by this. And there's no one in my life who I can talk to about it.
Georgia Byrd : [removing her cucumber slices so she can look at her] Well, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over what other people think. Now, come on, girl. We're supposed to be meditating.
[Georgia bites half of the cucumber slices and tries to relax. Ms. Burns continues to pour her guts out]
Ms. Burns : I've been working at the company for six years. I've worked really hard you know?
[Georgia give her a look]
Ms. Burns : Oh, you don't understand. I hate the retail business.
Georgia Byrd : Oh, believe me baby, I understand. I worked in the retail business for ten years myself.
[Beat]
Georgia Byrd : Look, I know this whole story. My sister was seeing another man.
Ms. Burns : Matthew's gonna leave his wife. It's a bad time for her right now, but he's gonna leave his wife.
Georgia Byrd : [shaking her head, sagely] Baby, come on now. I know you're holdin' out to hope, but come on... They're not bad people, They're just greedy people. They want a lil' bit of this, a lil' bit of that, a lil' bit of that - They ain't gonna leave their wives! Yeah, you just need to leave him.
Ms. Burns : It's not that easy. If I leave him, I'll have to quit my job. What am I going to do? I didn't finish school.
Georgia Byrd : [while eating her cucumber slices] Well, then You... Go Back to School. There now, we solved it! Let's tackle something heavy, like World Hunger!
[Ms. Burns and Georgia laugh]
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Georgia Byrd : [singing and crying out to God during a church choir service, unknowingly prompting the choir to sing 'Why'] Why? Oh Why, God? Why me? I was good to my parents... Why, Lord? Why? I never cussed at my boss! I never slept around with anybody, even though my sister did! Why! Why? Why, Lord? Why?
