Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Ellen Burstyn: Sara Goldfarb

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• Sara Goldfarb : I'm somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they'll all like me. I'll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It's a reason to get up in the morning. It's a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It's a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I'm alone. Your father's gone, you're gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I'm lonely. I'm old.

  Harry Goldfarb : You got friends, Ma.

  Sara Goldfarb : Ah, it's not the same. They don't need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile.

• Sara Goldfarb : In the end it's all nice.

• [last lines] 

  Tappy Tibbons : We got a winner, I said we got a winner, we got a winner! Our next winner is that delightful personality, straight from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, please give a juicy welcome to Mrs. Sara Goldfarb!

  The Audience : Juice by Sara, juice by Sara, juice by Sara oh, Sara's got juice, Sara's got juice, ohhhhhhhh Sara!

  Tappy Tibbons : I'm delighted to tell you, that you've just won the grand prize!

  Sara Goldfarb : [elated]  Oh, no!

  Tappy Tibbons : Now let me tell you what you've won. Your prize has a sweet smile, and his own private business. He just got engaged, and is about to get married this summer. Will you please give a warm and juicy welcome, Harry Goldfarb!

  The Audience : Juice by Harry, juice by Harry, juice by Harry, ohhhh Harry! Harry's got juice, Harry's got juice, ohhhhhh Harry.

  Sara Goldfarb : I love you, Harry.

  Harry Goldfarb : I love you too, Ma.

• Sara Goldfarb : How come you know more about medicine than a doctor?

  Harry Goldfarb : Believe me, Ma: I know.

• Sara Goldfarb : [about her pills]  Purple in the morning, blue in the afternoon, orange in the evening.

  [to refrigerator] 

  Sara Goldfarb : There's my three meals, Mr. Smartypants.

  [back to pills] 

  Sara Goldfarb : And green at night. Just like that. One, two, three, four.

• Sara Goldfarb : [examining her newly dyed hair]  If this is a red, I wanna know, what's orange?

• Harry Goldfarb : I'm sorry I haven't been around in a while, Ma. But, but I been busy, real busy.

  Sara Goldfarb : [excited]  Oh, yeah? You got a good job? You doin' real well?

  Harry Goldfarb : Yeah, real good. Real good.

  Sara Goldfarb : What kind of business?

  Harry Goldfarb : Well, uh, I'm sort of a distributor, like. For a big importer.

• Sara Goldfarb : I'm walkin' across the stage! And you should see my Harry on television. We're giving the prizes away.

  [bursting into tears] 

  Sara Goldfarb : I just wanted to be on the show!

• Harry Goldfarb : [Harry has just found out that Sara is on diet pills]  Does he give you pills?

  Sara Goldfarb : Of course he gives me pills. He's a doctor!

  Harry Goldfarb : What kind of pills?

  Sara Goldfarb : Uh, uh, a blue one, a purple one, an orange one...

  Harry Goldfarb : I mean, like, what's in 'em.

• Sara Goldfarb : Harold, I'm gonna be on television.

• [trying to tell the doctor that her pill addiction is making her mixed up and confused] 

  Sara Goldfarb : Everything's all mixed up, confused.

  Dr. Pill : [writing a new prescription]  That's nothing to worry about. Just get this filled. Make an appointment for a week.

• Sara Goldfarb : I'm thinking thin.

• Mr. Rabinowitz : Good afternoon, Mrs. Goldfarb.

  Sara Goldfarb : Good afternoon, Mr. Rabinowitz, although I'm not so sure how good it is.