Speak (2004)
Elizabeth Perkins: Joyce Sordino
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Quotes
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Joyce Sordino : You don't have to talk about it, you know, if you don't want to.
Melinda Sordino : No, I wanna tell you about it.
[pauses]
Melinda Sordino : Last year, I went to this party at the end of the year...
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Jack Sordino : [to Melinda] And these are for you!
[pushes the presents towards Melinda]
Jack Sordino : Open the big one first.
Joyce Sordino : [after Melinda opens up a television] For your room! It will help you fall asleep.
Jack Sordino : Oh, yeah and one more.
Joyce Sordino : [after Melinda opens up a sketchbook and pencils] Well, we noticed you were drawing.
Joyce Sordino : Hope we got the right kind.
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[Dad walks in the kitchen and sees the Thanksgiving turkey in a pot on the stove]
Jack Sordino : You're boiling it?
Joyce Sordino : Too big to fit in the microwave!
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Principal : Well?
Joyce Sordino : Oh, for the love of God. Open your mouth, Melinda.
Jack Sordino : This is childish, honey.
Joyce Sordino : I don't know why she's doing this to us.
Guidance Counselor : We're not ganging up on you. We're here to help.
Principal : Let's start with grades. This isn't what we expected of you, Melissa.
Jack Sordino : Melinda!
Principal : Last year, you were a straight-B student. No behavioral problems, few absences. What do you have to say?
Joyce Sordino : She's mute. She's mute! She not saying anything.
Guidance Counselor : I think that we need to explore the family dynamics at play.
Jack Sordino : All I know is that last year, I had a sweet loving little girl and now she's flushing her grades down the toilet? What have you folks done to her? Huh? I play golf with the school board president. Did you know that?
Joyce Sordino : Nobody cares who you know, Jack.
Jack Sordino : Did you know that?
Joyce Sordino : Nobody cares.
Guidance Counselor : Can I just remind everyone that we need to one: reassure, two: stay open and three: don't judge.
Joyce Sordino : How old are you?