- Ella Simms: [after Amanda saw Ben putting the necklace around her throat] I promise you that you can trust me.
- Amanda Woodward: Ella, in what universe would you think for one moment that I was threatened by you?
- Ella Simms: I wasn't implying...
- Amanda Woodward: You were, and it's presumptuous. I mean, you're a junior publicist with a barely there career. A nobody in this town.
- Ella Simms: I know. I'm... I'm sorry...
- Amanda Woodward: You may fancy yourself as my protégé, but lets be honest, you don't measure up. I mean, you have enough flash to catch the eye of Ben, or any other man for that matter, but they don't stay long, do they?
- Ella Simms: I... I wasn't trying...
- Amanda Woodward: Oh come on, no one wears a dress that short without an endgame.