Memorable Quotes from Emily Mortimer
5 quotesQuestioning the Humor of a Situation
Gus
What are we doing? Why are we doing this for him?
Karin
Oh, come on. It's funny!
Gus
Is it?
Karin
I don't know. I don't know, maybe not.
Community Support and Care for Lars
Lars
You don't care.
Karin
We don't care? We do care!
Lars
No you don't.
Karin
That is just not true! God! Every person in this town bends over backward to make Bianca feel at home. Why do you think she has so many places to go and so much to do? Huh? Huh? Because of you! Because - all these people - love you! We push her wheelchair. We drive her to work. We drive her home. We wash her. We dress her. We get her up, and put her to bed. We carry her. And she is not petite, Lars. Bianca is a big, big girl! None of this is easy - for any of us - but we do it... Oh! We do it for you! So don't you dare tell me how we don't care.
[walks into house and slams door]
Understanding Mental Health and Family Dynamics
Dagmar
Have there been any changes in the family in the last year or so?
Gus
No, everything is pretty much exactly the same except Karin is pregnant and Lars is nuts.
[while Karin simultaneously nods "Yes"]
Dagmar
You know, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness. It can be a communication; it can be a way to work something out.
Gus
Fantastic. When will it be over?
Dagmar
When he doesn't need it anymore.
Karin
How can we help?
Dagmar
Go along with it.
Karin
Oh, no. No, that's... No.
Gus
Oh, my. No, no, no. No. No, I mean, pretend that she's real? I'm not gonna do that. I mean, I can't. I'm just not gonna do it.
Dagmar
She is real.
Gus
Well...
Dagmar
She's right out there.
Gus
Right, right, I get that, but I'm just not gonna, you know...
Dagmar
You won't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca's in town for a reason.
Gus
But - but...
Dagmar
It's not really a choice.
Karin
Okay. Okay, all right, we'll do it, whatever it takes.
Gus
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone's gonna laugh at him.
Dagmar
And you.
Concerns About the Queen's Well-Being
Cecil
Does Her Majesty sleep?
Kat Ashley
Not yet, Sir William. She is... overwrought.
Cecil
I will need you to show me Her Majesty's sheets every morning. I must know all her proper functions.
Kat Ashley
Proper functions, My Lord?
Cecil
Indeed. Her Majesty's body and person are no longer her own property. They belong to the State.
A Discussion on Faith and Sacrifice
Chloe Hewett Wilton
Chris's dad was a bit of a religious fanatic.
Christopher "Chris" Wilton
After he lost both his legs, he found ].
[[Jesus]
Tom Hewett
God... Sorry, but it just doesn't seem like a fair trade.