Smart House (1999 TV Movie)
Jessica Steen: Sara
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Quotes
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Angie : [to Sara] Are you a genius?
Nick : [Sara opens her mouth to speak, but Nick interrupts her] I believe she is.
Sara : You know, I hear that geniuses are impossible to live with. That they make everyone else around them feel inferior.
Sara : Oh, well then, you don't have to worry, I'm not that smart.
Ben : No, no, don't sell yourself short, you should be proud of your big... giant brain.
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Angie : [at dinner] Once you've gotten all the bugs out of the smart house, Sara, what are you gonna do for your next job?
Sara : Well, I'm actually deep into designing a smart office building, with virtual secretaries and automated filing systems and an in-house restaurant with gourmet, made-to-order meals.
Angie : Then can you make a smart school? I want one that does all the learning for us.
Nick : [laughs]
Ben : [disgruntled] May I be excused, please?
Sara : Oh, wait. Don't you want to stick around for fresh-baked peach cobbler?
Ben : No thanks.
Nick : Ben, I asked Sara to make it specifically because I know how much you love it.
Ben : No, I loved Mom's peach cobbler. There's a huge difference.
Nick : [Ben gets up to leave] Ben!
Sara : That's okay.
Ben : No, it's not okay! It stinks, it completely stinks, and you know the worst thing about it? People that make promises that they don't even bother to keep!
Nick : [Ben runs upstairs] Excuse me.
Nick : [follows Ben upstairs]
Sara : [sighs while Angie looks on]
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Angie : [at dinner] PAT's theme dinners are so cool. Last night she made us a whole Texas barbecue, complete with chuckwagons, cowboys and everything.
Sara : Hmmm. When I was growing up, I spent half my summers in New England. I am thrilled to be catching Cape Cod Night.
Angie : It's perfect.
Ben : Yeah, for everyone but the lobsters.
Sara : Yeah. Ha-ha.
Nick : Sara tells me that, uh, you caught a glimpse of the control room today. What'd you think?
Ben : It looked like the inside of the Pentagon or something.
[to Sara]
Ben : Uh, if PAT's always keeping track of us, does she follow me, you know, into the shower and everything too?
Sara : Oh, no. No, no. No invasion of privacy. I promise you. I've programmed PAT to be very discreet.
Ben : That's a relief.
Nick : As near as I can tell, Sara has thought of just about everything.
Angie : Are you a genius?
Nick : [he interrupts just as Sara opens her mouth] I believe she is.
Ben : You know I... I hear that geniuses are impossible to live with, that they make everyone else around them feel inferior.
Sara : Oh, well, then you don't have to worry. I'm not that smart.
Ben : No, no, don't sell yourself short. You should be proud of your big, giant brain.
Sara : [nervously] Am I being set up for something here?
Nick : Uhh, over my head.
Angie : The story of your life, Dad.
Nick : Oh, yeah.
Angie : So, what's for desert?
Nick : Well, it's such a beautiful evening. I thought we might all go out and get some...
Angie : Ice cream!
Nick : Ice cream!
Sara : Sure!
Ben : Just because she's here, you think this is some big party. Well, it's still a school night, remember? And some people have work to get done.
Nick : Hey, Ben...
Sara : No, that's OK. You know what? I should probably head home and feed my pet rat his dinner.
Angie : You've got a rat?
Sara : Yes. Named Butler. Rat Butler. Get it?
Angie : [being a child of the 90s, Angie doesn't get the reference to Rhett Butler from "Gone with the Wind" and just looks away, confused]
Sara : Uh, no. wrong generation. I hate showing my age.
Nick : So do I.
Ben : May I please be excused?
Nick : Yes. I think that's an excellent idea.
[Ben leaves]
Nick : I don't know what's wrong with him today.
Angie : Hormones.
Nick : Really? I used to think it was only teenage girls with all this body-changing, mood-swinging insanity. But let me tell you...
Sara : I grew up with three brothers. Save your breath.
Nick : Anyway, I apologize for my son's rudeness.
Angie : Don't take it personally, Sara. Ben hates every girl my dad starts to like.
Nick : [Sara chuckles] Homework. Now.
