The Marla Hanson Story (1991 TV Movie)

Cheryl Pollak: Marla Hanson

Quotes 

• Marla Hanson : I'm from Missouri. Independence.

  Eric Warner : Figures.

  Marla Hanson : Broken home. I'll spare you the sob story. The morbid details of an unhappy childhood. I always wanted to get to New York. I always knew I belong here. I just... I wanted something different. I wanted to break out. Not end up like my mother, broke. With a house full of kids and nowhere to go.

  Eric Warner : Why modeling?

  Marla Hanson : Make-believe, I guess. The glamor, romance, dress-up, your hair blows in the wind. Create your own perfect little world. At least, that's how I always felt about it.

  Eric Warner : It's all illusion. Smoke and mirrors.

  Marla Hanson : Exactly. It sure beats the hell out of real life.

  [smiles] 

• Marla Hanson : I don't know. Sometimes I wonder what I'm knocking myself out for. I gave up a decent job to have people tell me Morris the cat has a better chance of being a model than I do.

• Dawn : That's right. Forget nice. You've just got to tell him to get lost. You have to be mean from Day One.

  Marla Hanson : I can't help it. I was brought up to be nice.

  Tawny : Then move to L.A. You'll never make it in New York.

• Marla Hanson : [on coping with life after her ordeal]  I guess I'm stronger than I thought I was.