The Sopranos (TV Series)
Big Girls Don't Cry (2000)
Peter Bogdanovich: Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
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Quotes
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It was a downpour. He couldn't see anything, it was impossible.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Where are you in the dream?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm there. I could observe everything. He's driving. He starts to hyperventilate. He grabs for a bottle of Prozac, but it's empty. And all the while this is happening that song from "The Wizard of Oz" is playing. He goes into a full-blown panic attack and he passes out. He crashes into this huge truck. The fact that he can't see the road ahead suggests my abandoning him.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Who in Wizard would your patient be?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Given the fact that he's a powerful, dominating male, Oz himself.
[Elliot arches his eyebrows]
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : What, with the eyebrows already?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : The Wizard of Oz, what memories does it conjure up?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : My parents' house, watching it on TV. Hiding under the blanket with my sister.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Why do we love roller coasters, Jennifer? Scary movies?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [annoyed] To experience the thrill of being terrified, without the consequences. That's very good, Elliot.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Great film, but some terrifying moments.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : That's very perceptive.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I'm concerned that treating a mobster provides you some vicarious thrill.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It wasn't exactly vicarious. I had to go into hiding, remember?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : And wasn't that thrilling?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Fuck you! You think this is funny, you smug cocksucker! Fuck you!
[walks out]
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [Referring to Tony Soprano] I'm seriously thinking about taking my patient back
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : It's a serious decision
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : His my responsibility, I abandoned him
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : We've been over this: your life's in danger
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Not anymore. Do you realize what I did last week? I stormed out of here like child. Cursing, threatening, acting out, and that's exactly what he does to me. I'm feeling so... fuck I don't know where this is coming from
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : You... mentioned you put on a little weight lately. Do you think you overeating had anything to do with your patient? What is it you're not telling me?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I don't know, I don't know what you mean
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [Innocently] I don't, what are you "driving" at?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Just... what is your intake of sugar and sugar substitutes?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [ignoring his question] Ok
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : When we spoke last time about childhood fascinations with danger
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I think seeing him again will be therapeutic for me
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : It's not supposed to be therapeutic for you. This is your therapy here
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : [When she doesn't respond] do you have sexual feelings for him?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : No, I had feelings on a personal level. He can be such a little boy sometimes