Other Titles • Ordinary People (1980) • Ganz normale Familie, Eine (1980)
Quotes from Ordinary People (1980)
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Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Anyway. Jeannine: Hm, what? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh just anyway. It's a conversation starter. Jeannine: Hm, catchy. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I knew you'd like it, I've been working on it all day.
(37 votes)
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Conrad "Con" Jarrett: When I let myself feel, all I feel is lousy. Dr. Berger: Oh well excuse me, I never promised you a rose garden. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh fuck you Berger. Dr. Berger: What? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: FUCK YOU! Dr. Berger: Hey, that's it! Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Geez! You're really weird huh, what do you feel huh? Do you jerk off, or jack off, or whatever you call it? Dr. Berger: What do you think? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: What do I think? I think you're married to a fat lady and you go home and you fuck the living daylights out of her! Dr. Berger: Sounds good to me.
(33 votes)
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Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: He just wants to know that you don't hate him. Beth Jarrett: Hate him! How could I hate him? Mothers don't hate their sons! Is that what he told you? You see how you believe everything he tells you? And you can't do the same for me, you can't! GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE WANTS FROM ME ANYMORE! Ward: Beth, we don't want anything from you; Audrey, Cal, Connie and Me, we just want you to be happy. Beth Jarrett: Happy! Ward, you tell me the meaning of happy. But first you better make sure your kids are good and safe, that they haven't fallen of a horse, been hit by a car, or drown in that swimming pool you're so proud of! Audrey: Oh Beth! Beth Jarrett: Then, you come and tell me how to be happy!
(37 votes)
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Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I made a 74 on a trig quiz. Beth Jarrett: Oh really? Gosh I was awful at trig. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh. Really? You took trig? Beth Jarrett: No... wait a minute... ha, did I take trig? Huh... anyway, I bought you two shirts they're on your bed.
(31 votes)
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Karen: Conrad. Let's have a great Christmas. Let's have... a great year. Let's have the best year of our whole lives. We can, you know... this could be the best one ever.
(30 votes)
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Dr. Berger: So what are you thinking now? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: That I jack off a lot. Dr. Berger: So what else is new? Does it help? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: For a minute.
(3 votes)
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Dr. Berger: A little advice about feelings kiddo; don't expect it always to tickle.
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Jeannine: Hey, you stand behind me in the choir, you sing well, you have a lot of energy. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh you do, I mean, I do? Jeannine: I mean that's a good thing. I'm Jeannine Pratt. Chris: And you're Conrad Jarrett, remember? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Yeah, right! Jeannine: Well I'll see you around. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Bye. Lazenby: [mocking Jeannine] You have a lot of energy!
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Jeannine: Conrad, I'm not a very good bowler, what I mean is, I'm a funny bowler. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh, well we don't have to go bowling if you'd rather not. How funny are ya? Jeannine: On a scale of one to ten... about a ten. Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh... yeah, that's pretty funny.
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Conrad "Con" Jarrett: It's impossible after all the shit I've pulled. Dr. Berger: What shit have you pulled? [pause] Dr. Berger: Hey, remember, I'm talking proportion here, now what shit? [pause] Dr. Berger: C'mon, you must be able to come up with at least one example. [pause] Dr. Berger: And don't give me, "I tried to kill myself." That's old turkey.
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Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: Don't admire people too much, they might disappoint you.
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Jeannine: Can you ever break the ball? Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You can't break the ball. Can't break the floor. Can't break anything in a bowling alley. And that's what I like about bowling alleys. Can't even break the record.
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Beth Jarrett: Calvin? Why are you crying? Can I, uh... can I get you something? Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I don't... Beth Jarrett: What did you say? Calvin, what did you say? Tell me! Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: You are beautiful. And you are unpredictable. But you're so cautious. You're determined, Beth; but you know something? You're not strong. And I don't know if you're really giving. Tell me something. Do you love me? You really love me? Beth Jarrett: I feel the way I've always felt about you. Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: We would have been all right if there hadn't been any mess. But you can't handle mess. You need everything neat and easy. I don't know. Maybe you can't love anybody. It was so much Buck. When Buck died, it was like you buried all your love with him, and I don't understand that, I just don't know, I don't... maybe it wasn't even Buck; maybe it was just you. Maybe, finally, it was the best of you that you buried. But whatever it was... I don't know who you are. I don't know what we've been playing at. So I was crying. Because I don't know if I love you any more. And I don't know what I'm going to do without that.
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Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You woulda visited Buck if he was in the hospital. Beth Jarrett: Buck would have never been in the hospital!
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