Spy School (2008)
Forrest Landis: Thomas Miller
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Quotes
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Mrs. Bleckner : You're a storyteller, Thomas. Do you know what storytellers do?
Thomas Miller : They tell stories?
Mrs. Bleckner : No. They tell...yes, they tell stories.
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Thomas Miller : And that, Mrs. Bleckner, is why I don't have the formula on your desk. So very, very sorry.
Mrs. Bleckner : Let's try this one more time, shall we? Your math homework, Mr. Miller. And please refrain from patronizing me with "my dog ate it" or "my grandmother passed away".
Thomas Miller : Actually, you see, it's sort of a combination thing. The truth is, my grandmother was helping me with my homework. Bless her soul. Then my dog pounced on the kitchen table and ate her. Yep! That's why I don't have my homework. My dog ate my grandmother.
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Thomas Miller : I'd like to say something in my defense.
[turns to Jackie]
Jackie Hoffman : Don't speak.
Thomas Miller : But she...
Jackie Hoffman : Shh!
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Thomas Miller : I need to explore all my options.
Jackie Hoffman : I'm your only option.
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Thomas Miller : [Thomas has just knocked Mr. Randall off a ladder] Oops, sorry.
Mr. Randall : [groaning] "Oops, sorry"?
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Drake Chapman : What's going on Mildred?
Thomas Miller : Hello Drake. So what's it going to be today? Stuff me in a locker? Shake me down for loose change? Hey, you know what's always fun? Hanging me from the flagpole by my underwear? People laugh, they cry, they go home happy. Always a real crowd pleaser.
Jackie Hoffman : Why are you giving him ideas?
Thomas Miller : Because he is too dumb to come up with them on his own.
Drake Chapman : Did you just call me dumb?
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Jackie Hoffman : [Thomas and Jackie make their way on hands and knees through the school ceilings. Jackie's tux is covered in dirt] Great. And I had to wear white.
Thomas Miller : Since when do you care about that sort of thing?
Jackie Hoffman : Hey, I'm still a girl.
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Thomas Miller : Chicks dig the tuba guy.
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Thomas Miller : [as Jackie is walking up with her white tux] Nice look, Hoffman.
Jackie Hoffman : Really?
Thomas Miller : Yeah.
Jackie Hoffman : [smiles brightly] Thanks.
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Jackie Hoffman : So how does one go about saving one's life and no one really believes you?
Thomas Miller : I have no idea.
Jackie Hoffman : No weapons? Special gadgets? Secret powers? No ideas? This could be quite a challenge.
Thomas Miller : I like challenges.
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Thomas Miller : [Jackie is sitting on a bench, Thomas comes up to her] Hey.
Jackie Hoffman : Hey.
[looks around]
Jackie Hoffman : So where's Madison?
Thomas Miller : I dropped her off at home.
Jackie Hoffman : [without enthusiasm] Great.
Thomas Miller : Anyway, she told me there's another dance tomorrow, and...
Jackie Hoffman : You were going to tell me that you're taking her?
Thomas Miller : No. Actually, if it's not too late, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to come with me.
Jackie Hoffman : [looks pleasantly surprised] I don't get it. What about "the girl"?
Thomas Miller : [grinning] She's right here.
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Thomas Miller : [approaching Jackie] Hoffman! Jackie!
Jackie Hoffman : [Jackie looks up then looks away]
Thomas Miller : [sitting down with her] Listen. Someone's going to try to hurt the president's daughter. I think I know who it is. Randall, the new guy. You've gotta believe me!
Jackie Hoffman : [turns toward him] Why should I?
Thomas Miller : You're my best friend, Jackie. You always tell your best friend the truth.
Jackie Hoffman : [after a pause] So why Madison Kramer? Huh, best friend? Why are you like obsessed with this random girl? Who you know nothing about?
Thomas Miller : I kinda like the way she... how she talks.
Jackie Hoffman : [adopting a fake British accent] Is that it, Thomas? Do you like the way I speak?
Thomas Miller : Jackie!
Jackie Hoffman : Do you find me charming, Thomas? Do you?
Thomas Miller : Jackie, stop it! Look, I have no idea why Madison Kramer. The only thing I can think of is maybe it is predetermined.
Jackie Hoffman : [quietly in her normal voice] Yeah.
Thomas Miller : And one more thing. I just wanted to say sorry for every time I've hurt you and I wanted to say sorry in advance for every time I might hurt you.
Jackie Hoffman : You plan on hurting me again?
Thomas Miller : I would never plan on it.
Jackie Hoffman : [after another pause] So say this whole president's daughter thing is, like, true. What now?
Thomas Miller : I go to the dance and I save a life.
Jackie Hoffman : And what do you want from me?
Thomas Miller : Jackie, you're the one person in the world who I know always has my back.
Jackie Hoffman : The only person who knows if you're telling the truth.
Thomas Miller : Pretty much, yeah.
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Jackie Hoffman : Just close your eyes.
Thomas Miller : No!
Jackie Hoffman : Close your eyes or I'll throw you off this roof and I am talking on the driveway, not the grass!
Thomas Miller : [before closing eyes] Now I'm spooked.
Jackie Hoffman : [leaning forward to kiss him] For the first time, so am I.
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Thomas Miller : I need to explore all my options.
Jackie Hoffman : I'm your only option. Look around. I don't see any lineup here.
Thomas Miller : Madison Kramer.
[camera cuts to Madison as they look over to where she is, and then back]
Jackie Hoffman : [incredulously] Madison Kramer?
Thomas Miller : It could happen.
Jackie Hoffman : Hold on, my phone's ringing.
[makes pretend phone with her hand]
Jackie Hoffman : Hello? Oh yeah, hold on, he's right here.
[shows "phone" to Thomas]
Jackie Hoffman : It's for you. It's Planet Earth. They'd like to know when you're coming back.
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Grissom : It's Friday. Albert has Friday off.
Thomas Miller : When will he be back?
Grissom : ...Monday.
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Jackie Hoffman : Do you ever feel like life's random or just predetermined?
Thomas Miller : I have no clue.
Jackie Hoffman : Like, no matter what effort we make to be accepted, we'll still just end up on the roof, feeling like a couple of losers?
Thomas Miller : Yeah, you know, the whole popularity thing never made much sense to me. I mean, what makes a kid popular in the first place?
Jackie Hoffman : You're asking the wrong person.