Sports Night (TV Series)
Thespis (1998)
Felicity Huffman: Dana Whitaker
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Quotes
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Natalie Hurley : So Thespis is the Roman god of theatre?
Jeremy Goodwin : That's exactly right. Except he's not Roman and he's not a god.
Natalie Hurley : What is he?
Jeremy Goodwin : He's Greek and he's a ghost.
Dana Whitaker : Who's Artemis?
Jeremy Goodwin : Artemis?
Dana Whitaker : Yes.
Jeremy Goodwin : Artemis is goddess of the moon, the hunt, chastity and fertility.
[everybody oohs and aahs]
Dana Whitaker : Your boy knows his mythology.
Natalie Hurley : Give him another one.
Kim : Athena.
Dave : [counting back from commercial] 30 seconds.
Jeremy Goodwin : Goddess of wisdom, the arts, and war.
Casey McCall : Mercury.
Jeremy Goodwin : God of commerce, wrestling, gymnastics, thieving, good luck, sleep, wealth, and dreams.
Casey McCall : Wow.
Natalie Hurley : There's a god of thieving?
Casey McCall : There's a god of gymnastics?
Jeremy Goodwin : Yes, indeed.
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Dana Whitaker : I fear not ghosts, I fear them not.
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Elliott : Anybody know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey up in the light grid?
Dan Rydell : Dana, Elliot wants to know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey in the light grid.
Dana Whitaker : It's 24 pounds.
Dan Rydell : I'll tell him that, but then he'll just want to know why there's a 24-pound frozen turkey in the light grid.
[Dan leaves, Elliot comes in afterwards]
Elliott : Why is there a 24-pound frozen turkey up in the light grid?
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Dana Whitaker : We are gonna get through the top half hour. I'm not gonna be beaten by a 6000-year-old Roman god!
Jeremy Goodwin : He's a 3000-year-old Greek ghost.
Dana Whitaker : Well I'm a 33-year-old producer and for one hour every night, this is my little corner of the world. And nothing screws up here unless I screw it up.
[shouting at the ceiling]
Dana Whitaker : You got that?
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Dana Whitaker : Why is there still water dripping on this desk?
[Turkey falls on desk]
Dan Rydell : Say, Dana, this wouldn't happen to be your frozen turkey by any chance, now would it?
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Dana Whitaker : I've named this Thanksgiving. I'm calling it "The Thanksgiving of Mom's Disapproval." Included on the 2-record set are the hit songs "Why Aren't You Married?" And "Sports Is No Place for an Educated Woman" and "Didn't Anyone Ever Tell You How to Cook a Turkey?"