Brooklyn (2015)

Jessica Paré: Miss Fortini

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• Miss Fortini : Ellis, you look like a different person. How did you do it? Maybe I can pass some advice onto the next poor girl who feels that way.

  Eilis : I met somebody. An Italian fella.

  Miss Fortini : Oh, I'm not passing that on. I'd rather have them homesick than heartbroken. Does he talk about baseball all the time? Or, his mother?

  Eilis : No.

  Miss Fortini : Then keep him. There isn't another Italian man like him in New York.

• Miss Fortini : [Fitting Ellis with a new swimming costume]  You'll have to shave down there. I'll give you a razor that will do the trick. You're all right there for the moment. Most Italian men appreciate a fuller figure. But, watch yourself over the summer. The black's too dark for your pale skin. Let's see you in the green.

• Miss Fortini : Remember, if people like it here, they'll come back, so you treat every customer as if she's a new friend.

  Eilis : I'll try.

  Miss Fortini : It's not a matter of trying. It's what you have to do. Do you try to wear panties every day?

  Eilis : N-No. I mean, I don't... I don't try. I just put them on.

  Miss Fortini : You see what I'm saying?

  Eilis : Yes.

  Miss Fortini : Good.