The Holiday (2006)
Cameron Diaz: Amanda
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Amanda : Okay, let's say we just make this happen. We each commit to flying back and forth as much as we can.
Graham : Yes! It's doable, definitely.
Amanda : And then let's say in 6 months we hit a wall. Like I can't constantly be away from work or the girls can't deal with you leaving so often. Then we start to feel the tension, we know this isn't going to work, so we start fighting because we don't know what else to do. And after a long, tearful- at your end...
Graham : I like it
[sarcastically]
Graham : .
Amanda : -phone call we say goodbye. And that'll be it, for real. It's not like we're ever going to bump into each other. And then what's left? Two miserable people feeling totally mashed up it hurts. Or...
Graham : Thank you.
Amanda : Or maybe we should just realize that what we've had these past few weeks has been perfect. And maybe it won't get any better than this. And maybe we're trying to figure this thing out because it makes us feel so good to feel this way, and maybe the fact that I'm leaving in 8 hours makes this far more exciting than it might actually be.
Graham : You're seriously the most depressing girl I have ever met.
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Graham : Well, I cry all the time.
Amanda : You do not.
Graham : Yeah I do. More than any woman you've ever met.
Amanda : You don't have to be this nice.
Graham : It happens to be the truth.
Amanda : Really?
Graham : A good book, a great film, a birthday card, I weep.
Amanda : Shut up.
Graham : I'm a major weeper.
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Amanda : You know, I was just thinking why would I ever leave before New Year's Eve? That makes no sense at all. I mean, you didn't exactly ask me out... but you did say you loved me... so I'm thinking I've got a date. If you'll have me.
Graham : I have the girls New Year's Eve.
Amanda : Sounds perfect.
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Graham : I have another scenario for you.
Amanda : Good.
Graham : I am in love with you. I apologize for the blunt delivery, but as problematic as this fact may be, I am in love. With you. And I'm not feeling this because you're leaving, and not because it feels good to feel this way- which by the way, it does, or did before you went off like that. I can't figure out the mathematics of this, I just know I love you. Can't believe how many times I'm saying it. I never thought I'd feel this way again, so that's pretty phenomenal. But I realize I come with a package deal- 3 for the price of 1. And my package perhaps in the light of day isn't all that wonderful, but I finally know what I want, and that in itself is a miracle. And what I want is you.
Amanda : I wasn't expecting 'I Love You'. Can you not look at me like that? I'm trying to find the right thing to say.
Graham : I think if the obvious response doesn't immediately come to you, uh, we can just, we should just talk about something else. Like possibly what a complete ass I am. I do recall you promising me you wouldn't fall in love with me. Must pay better attention.
Amanda : I've never met a guy who talks as much as me. But just for now, be quiet.
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Iris : [reading aloud what she types to Amanda during live chat discussing home exchange] I'm Iris, by the way. I'm very normal, neat-freak, healthy, non-smoker, single...
[stops, fighting back tears; then adds to herself]
Iris : Hate my horrible life!
Amanda : I'm Amanda.
[to herself]
Amanda : Loner, loser and complicated wreck!
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Graham : And what did you say?
Iris : I asked her to hold. Can I call you back?
Graham : I can hold while you speak to her.
Iris : Really?
Graham : Find out how she is.
Iris : Okay.
[Iris switches call]
Iris : My brother wants to know how you are.
Amanda : Can you tell him I'm good and that I'm just taking Charlie for a walk in the village. Um, what's he been up to? Did he say?
Iris : I'm not sure. Do you want me to ask him?
Amanda : Uh, sure.
Iris : Okay. Hold please.
[Iris switches call again]
Iris : I can't believe that you have had sex with the woman staying in my house!
Amanda : [Gasps] He told you that?
Iris : Oh, my God!
Amanda : Oh, my God!
Iris : Oh, my God! I thought I was talking to Graham! Can you just hold, please? I'm terribly sorry.
[Iris switches calls again]
Iris : I can't believe you had sex with Amanda! The one thing she asked me was, 'Are there any men in your town?', and I assured her that there were not. And then you meet her and immediately get into her knickers!
Amanda : Still me.
Iris : Bollocks! I must have lost him. Amanda, I am so sorry.
[Call waiting beeps]
Iris : Can I call you back?
Amanda : Sure.
Iris : Okay, bye.
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Amanda : Who is it?
Graham : It's me. Hurry up. It's freezing.
Amanda : Who are you?
Graham : Iris, open the door or I swear I'm gonna take a leak all over your front...
[Amanda quickly opens the door]
Graham : You're not Iris. Or if you are I'm much drunker than I realized. I'm sorry for my profanity. I wasn't expecting you.
Amanda : No, I wasn't expecting you either.
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Amanda : I need some peace and quiet... or whatever it is people go away for.
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Amanda : I'm not going to fall in love with you, I promise.
Graham : Okay. Nicely put. Thank you.
Amanda : No, it's just that I know myself. I'm not sure I even fall in love. Not like the way other people do. How's that for something to admit?
Graham : Well, like I said, Most Interesting Girl Award.
Amanda : I'm gonna try to see that as a compliment.
Graham : You should. Absolutely.
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Amanda : I need to get out of town. You know, I think I need some peace and quiet... or whatever it is people go away for. You know what I really want to do? I want to eat carbs without wanting to kill myself. You know, I want to read a book! Not just a magazine, an actual book. For years I read this reviews, I buy the books but I never read them. Did you read that article in the New York Times last Sunday? Severe stress makes women age prematurely because stress causes the DNA in our cells to shrink until they can no longer replicate. So when we're stressed we look haggard. This is just women not men.
Ben : Sorry.
Amanda : And remember when they used to say that single women over the age of 35 were more likely to get killed by a terrorist than to get married? Okay, that was horrible but now our generation is also not getting married and, bonus!, real terrorists actually became part of our lives. So the stress of it all shows up on our faces making us look haggard!
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Iris : [Iris answers telephone] Hello?
Graham : So are you ever coming home?
Iris : Oh, my God, hi.
Graham : How's it going?
Iris : Great. I met a really nice guy.
Graham : See? And you said you'd never. What's he like?
Iris : He's really cute. I feel great when I'm with him, which is an entirely new experience. And he's about ninety years old.
Graham : Come on.
Iris : He's my next-door neighbor. Or Amanda's next-door neighbor. By the way you should pop over and meet her.
Graham : Yeah, I have, actually.
Iris : [Call waiting beeps] Oh, bugger. Call waiting. Can you hold for a sec? Hold on. I really wanna talk to you.
Graham : Sure.
Iris : [Iris switches to other call] Hello?
Amanda : Iris, hi, it's Amanda.
Iris : How are you? How's it going?
Amanda : Everything's great. How are you?
Iris : Oh, I'm loving it. Listen, can you hold for a sec? My brother's on the other line.
Amanda : Graham?
Iris : Yes. He said you met.
Amanda : Yes, we did meet. How is he?
Iris : Fine, I think. Can you just hold on for a sec?
Amanda : Sure.
Iris : [Iris switches calls] Okay. Hi, sorry. That was Amanda.
Graham : How'd she sound? How's she doing?
Iris : She just asked me how you are.
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[after Amanda slams the door in his face]
Ethan : You didn't really wanna be a couple! You resist it in your own way.
Amanda : [growling through her teeth; as she runs upstairs] *Shut UP!*
Ethan : And it's hard to detect how you even do it, because nobody's quite as smart as you! So you're hard to catch at it. But it always surfaces and this is what happens.
Amanda : [on the balcony; looking down at him] What happened?
Ethan : Things end. Just like you knew they would!
