Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Jennifer Jason Leigh: Pauline
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Quotes
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Pauline : What was it about Dad that had us fucking so many guys?
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Margot : He's doing the interview with me in town on Friday. Did I tell you he and I are collaborating on a screenplay? An adaptation of one of Dick's novels.
Pauline : No. I didn't even know you knew he was up here.
Malcolm : [while drawing with Claude and Ingrid] Is he even a good writer? Why do people care about him?
Pauline : You're competitive with everyone. It doesn't even matter if they do the same thing as you. He's competitive with Bono.
Malcolm : It's true. I don't subscribe to the credo that there's enough room for everyone to be successful. I think there are only a few spots available, and people like Dick Koosman and Bono are taking them up.
[continues drawing a picture of a man and woman having sex]
Margot : Malcolm, what would ever make you think that's something to draw right now?
Malcolm : [looks around at what Claude and Ingrid are drawing; crumples up his paper] Sorry. I wasn't thinking about it. Sorry Margot.
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Pauline : What's up?
Malcolm : I don't wanna do this.
Pauline : Come on, don't be that way.
Malcolm : No, I'm not being that way. I just don't feel like it. I'm gonna go back and... I have work to do.
Pauline : Dick doesn't care that you don't make any money.
Malcolm : Is that what you - that's not why. I just hate swimming. I really hate it. It's disgusting to me. My mistake was saying I'd do it to begin with. You have fun.
Pauline : Fine. We'll have fun.
Malcolm : People always pee in the pool.
Pauline : I don't think Dick and Maisy pee in their pool.
Malcolm : I'll bet you 500 dollars there's pee in that pool!
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Pauline : I was dating that guy Horace back then. Do you remember him?
Margot : Was that the guy who liked to rough you up?
Pauline : No, that was our dad.
Margot : Our dad used to strip down to his skivvies and beat us with a belt.
Malcolm : That man had a sexual screw loose.
Pauline : That's awful, that stuff that happens to kids. Malcolm was fondled by a male babysitter.
Malcolm : Just use that information however you want.
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Pauline : Margot told Claude something I expressly told her in confidence, and he told Ingrid. I'm stunned that she put me in this position. It's so fucking infuriating!
Malcolm : Well, it's one of those things...
Pauline : Don't say anything, OK? You know what, just be there for me, silently.
Malcolm : OK.
Pauline : Why do I have to be so careful around her, but everyone is allowed to make fun of me?
Malcolm : I don't think...
Pauline : Malcolm, what did I just say? I just need you to take my side. I don't need you to make it better. Ingrid's really upset. Fuck, I can't believe she put me in this position! I didn't tell you before because I didn't want you to feel like you had to marry me. I found out right before our seminar that I'm pregnant.
Malcolm : Uh-huh.
Pauline : Well? Does that sound good to you?
Malcolm : I'm still digesting Margot telling Claude. What a fucking nutjob. Sorry. I think I'm really happy.
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Margot : I thought he was a musician.
Pauline : Well, music's officially a hobby. He's painting now, and writing letters to newspapers and magazines. He's very meticulous. He'll spend up to a week writing a response to a music review. He's incredibly smart. Maybe too smart, I don't know. We're doing very well.
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Pauline : I know. We're at that age where we're becoming invisible to men. If a guy wants to fuck us, that's very tempting.
Margot : What are you saying?
Pauline : I'm saying, if you get your sense of self from being fuckable and that starts to wane - it's very hard. I almost had an affair too. but you know, you don't have to do it. You can, I don't know, get a manicure or something.
