The Sopranos (TV Series)
Big Girls Don't Cry (2000)
Lorraine Bracco: Dr. Jennifer Melfi
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Quotes
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It was a downpour. He couldn't see anything, it was impossible.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Where are you in the dream?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm there. I could observe everything. He's driving. He starts to hyperventilate. He grabs for a bottle of Prozac, but it's empty. And all the while this is happening that song from "The Wizard of Oz" is playing. He goes into a full-blown panic attack and he passes out. He crashes into this huge truck. The fact that he can't see the road ahead suggests my abandoning him.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Who in Wizard would your patient be?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Given the fact that he's a powerful, dominating male, Oz himself.
[Elliot arches his eyebrows]
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : What, with the eyebrows already?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : The Wizard of Oz, what memories does it conjure up?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : My parents' house, watching it on TV. Hiding under the blanket with my sister.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Why do we love roller coasters, Jennifer? Scary movies?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [annoyed] To experience the thrill of being terrified, without the consequences. That's very good, Elliot.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Great film, but some terrifying moments.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : That's very perceptive.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I'm concerned that treating a mobster provides you some vicarious thrill.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It wasn't exactly vicarious. I had to go into hiding, remember?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : And wasn't that thrilling?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Fuck you! You think this is funny, you smug cocksucker! Fuck you!
[walks out]
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Are you still taking your medication?
Tony Soprano : Off and on
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You should either take it or don't take it ok?
Tony Soprano : [Nods]
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : In the coffee shop you mentioned you had a panic attack that led to an automobile accident?
Tony Soprano : It seems like years ago
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You mean you're so busy? Or you mean you're angry with me for not agreeing to treat you then?
Tony Soprano : I found out a little "medical history". My old man had the same thing: panic attacks followed by passing out. Cracked his head on a cigarette machine
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Interesting
Tony Soprano : Interesting? That's it? You're not going to send me for tests or something? Did you read the article in The Times?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Anthony, what is it you want to "achieve" here
Tony Soprano : What I want to "achieve"? I want to stop passing out. I want to stop panicking. I want to direct my power and my anger to the people that deserve it. I want to be in total control
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : There's no such thing as "total control."
Tony Soprano : Of course there is
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You want to be a better gang leader? Read The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Tony Soprano : You know what? Fuck you, you know who I am and you know what I do. You called me. You know where I was when you called?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I don't know
Tony Soprano : I was outside a whore house where a guy who works for me was beating the shit out of someone who owes me money, broke his arm. Put a bullet in his knee cap
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : How'd that make you feel?
Tony Soprano : I wished it was me in there
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Getting the beating or taking it?
Tony Soprano : [Smiles, remains silent]
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [Referring to Tony Soprano] I'm seriously thinking about taking my patient back
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : It's a serious decision
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : His my responsibility, I abandoned him
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : We've been over this: your life's in danger
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Not anymore. Do you realize what I did last week? I stormed out of here like child. Cursing, threatening, acting out, and that's exactly what he does to me. I'm feeling so... fuck I don't know where this is coming from
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : You... mentioned you put on a little weight lately. Do you think you overeating had anything to do with your patient? What is it you're not telling me?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I don't know, I don't know what you mean
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [Innocently] I don't, what are you "driving" at?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Just... what is your intake of sugar and sugar substitutes?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [ignoring his question] Ok
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : When we spoke last time about childhood fascinations with danger
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I think seeing him again will be therapeutic for me
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : It's not supposed to be therapeutic for you. This is your therapy here
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : [When she doesn't respond] do you have sexual feelings for him?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : No, I had feelings on a personal level. He can be such a little boy sometimes