The Morning Show (TV Series)

Play the Queen (2019)

Bel Powley: Claire Conway

Quotes 

• Hannah Shoenfeld : Wow. How long has it been?

  Claire Conway : Nine beautiful, sneaky months. I just wish we could go public on our own terms. HR's awful. They managed to make me feel like both a victim and a criminal.

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Well, I understand they need to be careful in the wake of Mitch.

  Claire Conway : Yeah. No, I know. I agree. I'm just saying that Yanko's not Mitch.

  Hannah Shoenfeld : But you don't feel comfortable going public with him?

  Claire Conway : No. No, but not because he's predatory. Because he's best known for his passionate stance on hail. Look, no one else gets him like I do. No one would understand. I feel... embarrassed. Oh, Jesus. I think I'm embarrassed about dating him.

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Well, great. Then you have your answer, don't you?

  Claire Conway : It's not that easy, Hannah. I love him... a whole fucking lot.

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Except you're embarrassed.

  Claire Conway : Yeah, because I'm worried about being judged. Kinda like how I feel you're judging me right now. What the fuck?

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Look. I know you think you love him, but, at the end of the day, it's a transitory chemical feeling that's not worth losing your career over.

  Claire Conway : Are you serious?

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Look. I saw you guys together in LA, sneaking around. I'm the one who reported you for exactly this reason. It's hurting you. It will keep hurting you. It's just not good.

  Claire Conway : You reported us?

  Hannah Shoenfeld : I had to.

  Claire Conway : Well, you didn't think to ask me about it first?

  Hannah Shoenfeld : I did, but I was afraid of you feeding me some line about love that would make me feel empathetic. And it needed to be done. I have a higher-up position at work. I have a responsibility.

  Claire Conway : But we're friends. We're friends, right? Do you... do you have any idea how human interaction works?

  Hannah Shoenfeld : I did this because we're friends, Claire. I don't want you to become... You're so young. You have so much potential. People take advantage of that. There are a lot of men who care more about their own power than they do about you.

  Claire Conway : Okay. How dare you judge me and my relationship. And how dare you fucking report me to HR.

  Hannah Shoenfeld : Listen, feel as self-righteous and mad as you want. I get it. But things like this, they aren't just what they seem. I'm just saying there are consequences. And you can't see what you're doing right now. I was trying to do you a favor. I don't care if you hate me. I don't.

  Claire Conway : I don't hate you. And I don't know what your experience was, but it's clearly not mine. You know what? Thank you. No, you actually did me a huge, huge fucking favor. You made me realize why I love Yanko. Because he's probably the only person in this world who actually understands me, who doesn't fucking judge me. So, I'm gonna go and have dinner with my boyfriend right now, who I love, who'd never blow up my life behind my back.