Quotes
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Julia Houston : If you feel yourself panicking, ask for help. Everyone loves you here, and they want you to succeed.
Karen Cartwright : Thank you.
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Karen Cartwright : [found hiding in wardrobe] I can't do it.
Derek Wills : We both know that's not true.
Karen Cartwright : I, uh... I don't wanna do it.
Derek Wills : We both know that's not true either.
[sits down next to her]
Derek Wills : Okay. What happened?
[sighs]
Karen Cartwright : [sighs] Does it matter?
Derek Wills : Actually, no, it doesn't. Art is a therapy. We all need to work out our personal problems. We need to take those problems and completely exploit them, to hell with how much they hurt. Actually, the more we hurt, the better.
Karen Cartwright : [scoffs, wipes away tears] Oh, knock it off, Derek. You think you can talk me into going out there, because that's what you need me to do.
Derek Wills : It's worth a shot.
Karen Cartwright : Well, I can't do it!
Derek Wills : [softly] Okay.
Karen Cartwright : My whole life is com...
[faltering]
Karen Cartwright : is completely...
[faltering]
Karen Cartwright : I can't...
[shakes her head]
Karen Cartwright : You don't understand if you don't understand love.
Derek Wills : It doesn't matter if I don't...
[sighs]
Derek Wills : You do. Marilyn did. You've always had so much of her at your fingertips. And now you have the heartbreak.
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Derek Wills : [last-minute practicing for show] Do we have anything for her to wear that doesn't resemble a sack of turnips?
Karen Cartwright : [embarrassed] They didn't have time to refit the costume.
Derek Wills : A belt? There isn't a belt in the building?
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Derek Wills : Karen... we're going to look into the costume change into Wolf. Then you and I are gonna talk about Act Two, okay?
[leads her off]
Eileen Rand : Derek?
Derek Wills : [to Karen:] Okay, just gimme a second.
Karen Cartwright : [softly] Yeah.
Derek Wills : [finger pointing as he advances on skeptical producer:] And you listen to me, okay? I hate collaborating, all right? I hate it! I'm an artist and a storyteller and this is my vision and no one is going to get in my way. If you want a hit,
[spitting out:]
Derek Wills : then be quiet and I will give you one and afterwards you can say thank you. Karen, let's go!
Eileen Rand : [left behind] Oh, wonderful!
