Blue Jasmine (2013)
Cate Blanchett: Jasmine
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Quotes
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Jasmine : Who do you have to sleep with around here to get a Stoli martini with a twist of lemon?
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[last lines]
Jasmine : [talking to herself] It's fraught with peril. They gossip, you know, they talk. I saw Danny. Yes, did I tell you? He's getting married. A weekend in Palm Beach means I can wear - what could I wear? I can wear the Dior dress I bought in Paris. Yes, my black dress. Well, Hal always used to surprise me with jewelry. Extravagant pieces. I think he used to buy them at auction. It's so obvious what you're doing. You think I don't know. French au pair.
["Blue Moon" begins playing]
Jasmine : This was playing on the Vineyard. "Blue Moon". I used to know the words. I knew the words. Now they're all a jumble.
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Jasmine : Can you please not fight in here? I don't think I can take it. For some reason, my Xanax isn't kicking in.
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Jasmine : Tip big, boys. Tip big because you get good service and they count on tips. You know, someday when you come into great wealth, you must remember to be generous.
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Dr. Flicker : Have you ever gotten high on nitrous oxide?
Jasmine : No!
Dr. Flicker : It would remove your inhibitions.
Jasmine : I don't really have any inhibitions.
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Jasmine : That's right, boys, they picked me up on the street talking to myself and gave me something called Edison's Medicine. Why Edison? Because they use electricity to get you thinking straight. See, everything unraveled so quickly. You know, I started experiencing anxiety and claustrophobia and this acute fear of death. You know, I had nightmares and a nervous breakdown. I mean, you must have heard of Prozac and lithium. Well, all those drugs just made me worse! Of course, you know, I probably did suspect that not everything Hal did was always 100-percent aboveboard. Christ, I mean, you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true. But a cheat is a cheat! And when he had other women, I just - flipped out. You know, and one thing led to another and... But that's all history, boys. I met someone. I'm a new person.
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Danny : As disillusioned as I was with him, I hated you more.
Jasmine : [distraught] The m-moment I did what I did, I regretted it.
Danny : I don't want to discuss it. It's past. Over. You can't take back that phone call.
Jasmine : I need you, Danny.
Danny : I don't wanna see you, Jasmine. I want the past, past. I've become a different person thanks to my wife, I'm off drugs. Just please, don't spoil everything. Just get out of my life so I can move on.
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Jasmine : I brought everything on myself. I've only got myself to blame. I did it to myself again, as usual. As usual! You, you stupid little French whore.
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Jasmine : In Mexico City you're always looking for a job, a boyfriend or an apartment.
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[first lines]
Jasmine : There was no one like Hal. He met me at a party and swept me off my feet. "Blue Moon" was the song that was playing. Do you know "Blue Moon"?
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Jasmine : I can't be alone, Ginger. I really get some bad thoughts when I'm alone.
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Ginger : I thought you were tapped out.
Jasmine : I'm worse than tapped out, baby. I've run up some serious debts.
Ginger : So how did you fly first class?
Jasmine : I don't know, Ginger. I just did.
Ginger : All I meant was, if you've got no money, to go first class...
Jasmine : You know me. I splurge from habit.
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Jasmine : How about the 24th?
Dental Patient : Fine.
Jasmine : Go for nine?
Dental Patient : Oh, wait, no. That's my colonoscopy prep day. That's always *very* special.
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Jasmine : You choose losers, okay; because, that's what you think you deserve.
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Hal : This is different. This is serious. Lisette and I are in love.
Jasmine : What? Are you crazy?
Hal : I'm sorry but I need you to hear what I'm saying to you. Lisette and I are in love.
Jasmine : What does that mea - What does that stupidity even mean?
Hal : It means that we are making plans for the future together.
Jasmine : I'm sorry! I'm having trouble understanding...
Hal : I know this has come as a shock, but I have to be honest with you.
Jasmine : Oh! You wanna be honest! That's the biggest joke of all.
Hal : I've had casual flirtations in the past. But, they didn't mean anything until now. This is different!
Jasmine : Are you out of your mind? She is a teenager, for christ' sake! She's an aupair! I mean, are you crazy?
Hal : Jesus Christ, this is hard for me for me to tell you!
Jasmine : It's hard for you - what about me? This is so humiliating for me! I mean it is bad enough that everyone knows you've been unfaithful, but to just throw me away for this stupid-looking little French w...
Hal : I will take very good care of you!
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Jasmine : Is this what you gave up everything for? To sell second hand musical instruments?
Danny : I asked Augie not to tell you where I was.
Jasmine : Why? What happened? Why did you disappear like that and never contact me again. I couldn't find you when I needed you.
Danny : I know the whole story, I found it out. So don't act so surprised.
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Jasmine : The *sex* was always great. Well, he was nine years older than me. I mean, Christ, he'd already made and lost a fortune. But then he made it back - you know, more, much more. God, he was dynamic. He taught me everything I know about *real* lovemaking, not that I care to get too graphic.
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Jasmine : That's mine. The Vuitton. My plan is to start a new life out here. Put everything that's happened behind me and start fresh. Go West. Was it Horace Greeley who said that? "Go West."
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Jasmine : Believe me when I tell you. They tried six medications on me. Cocktails, they like to call them. The only cocktail that ever helps is Stoli martini. I never trusted doctors. Doctors put both my parents in early graves.
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Jasmine : I just got a call from my sister, Ginger. Oh, God, she's coming to New York for a week with her husband, Augie. He is a piece of work. I just - I don't know, I guess I have to see them.
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Jasmine : God, they're hard work. Tomorrow I'm definitely taking the day off. And I've neglected everything, my yoga, my Pilates. You know, I've got that luncheon to plan, you know, the fundraiser for the Central Park Conservancy.
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Jasmine : I can't just do some mindless job. Oh, I was forced to take a job selling shoes on Madison Avenue. Oh, so humiliating. Friends I'd had at dinner parties at our apartment came in and I waited on them. I mean, do you have any idea what that's like? You know, one minute, you're hosting women and the next, you're measuring their shoe size and fitting them.
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Dr. Flicker : The way you dress, I sometimes find very - ahhh arousing.
Jasmine : Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.
Dr. Flicker : Does - does it - does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?
Jasmine : Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading?
Dr. Flicker : Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush.
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Ginger : You don't think he figured you were lying and bailed out?
Jasmine : Look, could you stop saying I was lying! God. Okay, I may have dressed up a few facts, omitted a few unpleasant details, but in the main, I mean, my feelings, my ideas, my humor - I mean, isn't that who I am? Christ! You know, people reinvent themselves, don't they? Do I have your permission?
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Jasmine : Christ, can't you put this behind you and move on? I've moved on.
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Jasmine : Remember the yoga class. Deep breath. Breathe deeply. All right, deep breath.
