Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Marsha Mason: Polly
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Quotes
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[Polly has just finished reading a Fairy Tale]
Young Elizabeth : Did they live happily ever after?
Polly : Of Course Elizabeth.
Young Elizabeth : How do you know?
Polly : Because, she was a good little girl, if she would have been naughty, the Prince would have run away.
Young Elizabeth : What a pile of shit.
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[first lines]
Polly : And the prince took the beautiful young girl in his arms and said, will you marry me? Yes, she whispered, I will be your princess.
Young Elizabeth : Did they live happily ever after?
Polly : Of course, Elizabeth.
[tucking her in]
Young Elizabeth : How do you know?
Polly : Because she was a good little girl. If she had been naughty, the prince would have run away.
Young Elizabeth : What a pile of shit!
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Polly : [walks up to Nigel who is holding young Elizabeth at the bottom of the stairs]
[offering him the tape]
Polly : Nigel, do it.
Nigel : No, I won't. I don't want anything to do with it, it's not right.
Polly : Alright, I'll do it.
[begins to tape the jack-in-the-box close]
Nigel : [kisses Elizabeth and then goes to Polly]
[quietly]
Nigel : It's not right.
Polly : What do you know about raising a child?
Nigel : [looks to Elizabeth and to Polly] Apparently nothing.
[he leaves the house]