Prozac Nation (2001)
Michelle Williams: Ruby
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Quotes
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Ruby : Lizzy, I'm not crying because you're mean. I just can't imagine how incredibly painful it must be to be you.
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[Ruby has found out that her boyfriend got a blowjob from Elizabeth]
Elizabeth : You don't understand. OK? You don't understand, it was an accident.
Ruby : An accident? You call that a fucking accident?
Elizabeth : It was... it was sort of, you know...
Ruby : Come on, what?
Elizabeth : An accidental blowjob?
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Ruby : People want to help. All right? I want to help you but I don't know what to do.
Elizabeth : You know, I don't really need the company line right now, OK?
Ruby : [sighs] OK.
Elizabeth : [narrating] Jesus. Listen to me. All I see is the dark side of everything. Poor Ruby. I kill her joy. Look at her sad, discouraged face.
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Ruby : Look, we all have bad days.
Elizabeth : [narrating] This is what people say in situations when they don't know what else to say. Fuck, I don't know what to suggest either.
Ruby : I care about you, Lizzie.
Elizabeth : [narrating] What I want is for someone to understand. But they don't really. And that makes the platitudes harder to bear.
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Elizabeth : You know, I'm just really fucked up. I'm like a defective model. And you don't know that until you've been around me a while. You know some days I wake up and I feel so... flat out just fucked, that I'll do anything to feel different.
Ruby : Lizzie, when we're together you're fine. You're fun, you're...
Elizabeth : Faking it.
Ruby : Well, everybody does that.
Elizabeth : Not like me.