GLOW (TV Series)

Slouch. Submit. (2017)

Alison Brie: Ruth Wilder

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Quotes 

• Sam Sylvia : All right, where's my real actress? Where's Strindberg?

  Ruth Wilder : [raises hand]  Oh, here!

  Sam Sylvia : Mm-hmm.

  Sam Sylvia : Know any good party tricks?

  Ruth Wilder : Um... I can do, um... Audrey Hepburn winning an Oscar for Roman Holiday.

  Sam Sylvia : Hmm.

  Ruth Wilder : [imitating Audrey Hepburn]  I am truly, truly grateful... and terribly happy.

  Sam Sylvia : Very winsome.

  Ruth Wilder : Yeah.

  Sam Sylvia : Where's your friend?

  Ruth Wilder : Oh. Um... who?

  Sam Sylvia : You know, that smoking hot blonde who kicked your ass the other day. Where's she? How come she's not here?

  Ruth Wilder : She's probably at home in Pasadena with her baby.

  Sam Sylvia : Why isn't she here?

  Ruth Wilder : She's not supposed to be here. She wasn't auditioning.

  Tammé Dawson : Yeah, she just came to stomp the homewrecker.

  [silence] 

  Ruth Wilder : Oh! Oh... I see what happened. You all thought that was real, didn't you? No, we planned that.

  Jenny Chey : Oh my gosh, of course! This makes total sense. She's on a soap.

  Sam Sylvia : [looking at Ruth]  You're on a soap?

  Jenny Chey : No. No no. Not her, the pretty one. The one who slapped her. She's Laura Morgan on Paradise Cove. Until... Until... she had to have reconstructive surgery after a year-long coma.

  Ruth Wilder : Also known as getting written off the show. But I love her, she's great.

  Sam Sylvia : Wait, what's her name?

  Jenny Chey : Debbie Eagan. She was also in one episode of Murder, She Wrote. I watch a lot of Murder, she wrote and Wheel of Fortune, TV in general.

  Cherry Bang : Are you done? 'Cause some of us like to work.

• [as the ladies practice their lockups, Melrose and Rhonda start singing] 

  Melanie Rosen , Rhonda Richardson : [singing]  Hold me now. Oh, oh, warm my heart. Stay with me. Let loving start, let loving start. Oh, hold me now...

  Cherry Bang : Some of us are trying to work.

  Melanie Rosen : They're slow dancing. They just fully did a spin.

  Reggie Walsh : Ow! That's not what we practiced.

  [Reggie carries Arthie to the corner] 

  Cherry Bang : All right, um...

  [points at Ruth] 

  Cherry Bang : You.

  [points at Melrose] 

  Cherry Bang : And you.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh.

  Cherry Bang : Let's see what you got.

  Melanie Rosen : Okay.

  [gets off the top turnbuckle] 

  Melanie Rosen : Come on, drama nerd. Hold me now.

  Ruth Wilder : Okay.

  [they get into a lockup] 

  Ruth Wilder : I think it's like this. And then I'm gonna spin around, and we're gonna put your arm around my neck.

  Melanie Rosen : Okay.

  [Ruth grabs Melrose's arm and turns around] 

  Ruth Wilder : Then here, like this...

  Melanie Rosen : And then just sort of, you know, like this...

  [Melrose starts grinding her hips against Ruth's back] 

• Cherry Bang : Melanie, do the moves.

  Melanie Rosen : Those are my moves, kid. I mean, they're the moves that got me cast in the porn dance party in Body Double.

  Ruth Wilder : Please, as if you worked with De Palma.

  Melanie Rosen : I did. So...

  [Melrose charges at Ruth, causing her to back up and hit the top turnbuckle with her arm] 

  Ruth Wilder : Ow!

  Cherry Bang : Strindberg, you okay?

  Ruth Wilder : I'm fine. I'm fine.

  Cherry Bang : [approaches Melrose]  What the fuck was that?

  Melanie Rosen : I took her by surprise. You know, to win. 'Cause that's the whole point of the whole thing.

  Cherry Bang : The point is to do it safely. You could've seriously hurt her.

  Ruth Wilder : It's all part of the process. Ah. Delayed pain.

  Cherry Bang : You know what? I don't have time to deal with spoiled little bitches who don't take anything seriously.

  Melanie Rosen : [chuckles]  You don't even know me.

  Cherry Bang : Oh, sweetie. I know you. You never had a real job. Your daddy pays all your bills, but you don't let anybody know unless you get really drunk. You drive a limo because you want someone, anyone, to think you're interesting. Tell me I'm wrong.

  [pause, then Cherry walks away] 

• [Ruth notices Melrose smoking] 

  Ruth Wilder : Umm... I don't think you're allowed to do that here.

  Melanie Rosen : Well, I need to chill the fuck out 'cause some crazy stunt-cunt just tried to murder me.

  Carmen Wade : That was a sleeper hold.

  Melanie Rosen : That was a lawsuit. Who does that bitch think she is? I mean, this morning, she was just another schmucky actress in a Kmart leotard. And now, she's going around, knocking people unconscious? Who died and made her the black Nurse Ratched?

  Carmen Wade : The director did. He said, 'She's in charge'.

  Melanie Rosen : The point is, I could've died.

  Rhonda Richardson : Maybe you did die. Maybe we're all dead and this is the afterlife.

  Ruth Wilder : Are you already high?

  Rhonda Richardson : No. No one passed it to me, and I've been waiting because I'm polite.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh.

  [Melrose hands her cigarette to Rhonda] 

  Rhonda Richardson : Thanks.

  Ruth Wilder : I think Cherry's doing the best she can.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh yeah? You big into dictators?

  Ruth Wilder : I don't know how things work in the music video world, but... at least she's trying to make us an ensemble. Usually, in this industry, it's every man for himself, and it's almost always a man telling you your ass is too fat at the same time he's trying to grope it. And having a woman in charge instead of that Sackballs guy? This is as good as it gets.

  Melanie Rosen : If you're so into the sisterhood, maybe you shouldn't have fucked your friend's husband.

  [pause] 

  Ruth Wilder : I didn't.

  Melanie Rosen : Dude... I am the Cézanne of bullshit artists.

  [Melrose gets up to get the lunch] 

  Melanie Rosen : Oh, that's us.

  [looks at Ruth] 

  Melanie Rosen : Oh, you owe me 20 bucks.

  [Melrose receives the lunch pack, then notices a bottle of ketchup and grabs it] 

  Melanie Rosen : Okay, ladies, back to the isle of Lesbos!

• Sam Sylvia : Ladies, get out your autograph books. I want you to meet the new star of GLOW, this is TV's own Debbie Morgan.

  Debbie : Eagan.

  Sam Sylvia : Debbie Eagan.

  Cherry Bang : Where the hell have you been?

  Sam Sylvia : I've been working my ass off. I just drove to fucking Pasadena in the middle of the day.

  Debbie : [sees Ruth]  Are you insane? Am I on fucking Candid Camera? Why is she still here?

  Sam Sylvia : Oh, her. Yeah... I did... Look...

  Cherry Bang : While you been gone, we done a lot of fucking around.

  Debbie : Take me home. Now. Give me your fucking keys. I'm taking your car.

  Sam Sylvia : Just give me a second.

  Cherry Bang : Oh no, we got some miscarriage bullshit to show you.

  Sam Sylvia : Wait, what?

  Cherry Bang : Oh, now I have your attention?

  Cherry Bang : You, just stop talking and give me, give me a minute, okay? Just give me a minute.

  [looks at Debbie] 

  Cherry Bang : Honey, honey, come with me. Come on. Come on. It's gonna be all right.

  [Sheila approaches Ruth] 

  Sheila the She-Wolf : Don't stand up straight.

  Ruth Wilder : I'm...

  Sheila the She-Wolf : You have to be submissive. She's the Alpha and you're the Omega.

  Ruth Wilder : I'm...

  Sheila the She-Wolf : Shh. You're gonna provoke her.

  Ruth Wilder : Let me just...

  Sheila the She-Wolf : Slouch toward the ground. Now slouch. Submit. She might kill you.

  Debbie : [looking at Ruth]  What are you doing?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : She's submitting.

  Debbie : No, don't even talk to me.

• Melanie Rosen : And then I said, 'Oh God, the Baby!' You know, 'What's happening to the baby?' And then, you know, I squirted ketchup out of my vagina.

  Sam Sylvia : That was terrible. I, I didn't buy a single second of that. But, let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater. Oh, sorry, maybe it was a wrong metaphor. Sorry. I think there's something here. Look, I know you were just being an asshole, but if this were a real scene, there would be context, there'd be circumstances, there'd be characters, right? Legacy?

  Carmen Wade : Um...

  Sam Sylvia : Al right. Let's get inside this thing. What happened? The miscarriage, was it an accident? Was it, was it bad sushi?

  Justine Biagi : She was kicked in the stomach by her Guatemalan swim coach who was jealous she lost her virginity to the captain of the diving team.

  Sam Sylvia : Wow. Good. Good. Kick in the stomach. I like that. Swim coach, I don't know. We can lose him. We need a better assailant. What animal would kick a pregnant woman in the belly? What kind of person would ruin the life of a gorgeous, successful, pregnant woman? What kind of homewrecker would do that?

  [Ruth tries to hide in the crowd] 

  Sam Sylvia : Ruth! This doesn't seem like too much of a stretch for you. Why don't you come in the ring? Join us.

  Ruth Wilder : I want to, but I'm really not feeling well.

  Sam Sylvia : You know, Gene Kelly had the flu when he did the title number of Singin' in the Rain.

  Ruth Wilder : It's true, he did.

  [Ruth gets up and approaches the ring] 

  Sam Sylvia : Look at this asshole. She doesn't care about anyone but herself. She's gonna destroy lives. Even tiny lives that haven't started yet. You're a horrible person, and you don't deserve to live.

  Ruth Wilder : I think I deserve to live.

  Sam Sylvia : Hey, Uta Hagen. All right, take some fucking direction for a minute. All right, is that too much to ask? It's not about you. I'm trying to see if this skit works. Now circle the other one.

  [Ruth and Melrose circle each other] 

  Sam Sylvia : Okay, good. Okay, shit-stirrer. Let's work on your side. Because if there's one thing I've learned in my illustrious career, it's that you can't rely on a blood rig to sell a performance. Who are you? What kind of woman were you before you lost everything?

  Melanie Rosen : I feel like I was the kind of...

  Sam Sylvia : Wait, I got it. You're smart. You're ambitious. Talented. But nobody sees that. All they see is the blonde knockout.

  Melanie Rosen : Yeah, but I'm not blonde.

  Sam Sylvia : All right, shut the fuck up.

  Melanie Rosen : Okay.

  Stacey Beswick : I think he's talking about me.

  Dawn Rivecca : [pointing at Debbie]  No. They're talking about her.

  Stacey Beswick : That makes sense.

• Sam Sylvia : Now, here you are. You're ripe. Fecund. A custodian of new life. You're a... you're a fertile harvest goddess. Now... pull your shoulders back, and, and strut like you own the ring.

  [Melrose starts skipping] 

  Sam Sylvia : What is that?

  Melanie Rosen : Oh, I added...

  Sam Sylvia : I said strut, like you own the ring.

  Melanie Rosen : Yeah, but...

  Sam Sylvia : No. That's like a saunter. All right. Okay. Now stick your belly out a little bit. You're pregnant. Everything is fine. Everything is ideal. Until... the Homewrecker arrives. She has nothing. No man, no love, no friends. Her hair is brown, the color of shit.

  [disgusted look on Ruth's face] 

  Sam Sylvia : All right. Now lunge and miss. Wake up, Ruth! Time to act. Lunge and miss.

  [Ruth lunges toward Melrose, but Melrose dodges her] 

  Sam Sylvia : Yes. Great. Now it's time for the big move. You're gonna kick her in the stomach, set off a miscarriage that will ruin not one life, not two lives, but three lives in the process. Let's go! Kick! It's like a punch with your leg.

  Ruth Wilder : Can I do the lockup instead, where I hug her?

  Sam Sylvia : Oh my God. No. Kick!

  [Ruth barely kicks Melrose, who hurls herself to the ropes] 

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah. Give words to the pain.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh my God, it hurts! Fuck! Am I having a miscarriage? Ah! Oh no! Oh no! Am I bleeding?

  Sam Sylvia : All right, give me the ketchup bottle.

  Melanie Rosen : I feel like I'm bleeding! Oh, someone help!

  Sam Sylvia : Since we're not making Apocalypse now, let's add a little fun back in.

  [Sam squirts ketchup on Melrose's crotch, then all over Ruth] 

  Sam Sylvia : Yeah. Now that is a fuckin' miscarriage.

  [Ruth steps out of the ring in disgust while Cherry gets up and leaves and Debbie smiles] 

• Ruth Wilder : Hey! Are you joining the team? Is she joining the team?

  Debbie : Well, it's hard to pass up a starring role.

  [looks at Sam] 

  Debbie : So we need to pick up Randy from my parents' house, and I need chow fun from Two Panda Deli.

  Sam Sylvia : Okay.

  [Debbie gets in Sam's car] 

  Ruth Wilder : So, um... so, I'm fired?

  Sam Sylvia : No! Are you an idiot? You're chum. You're blood in the water. Debbie's the hero and you're the villain. Everybody's gonna hate you!

  Ruth Wilder : I don't want everyone to hate me.

  Sam Sylvia : Oh, Christ. Crying, caring, the desperation. That, that's what makes you unbearable. Look, I don't like you, Strindberg. Take that in. Hold on to it. Try not giving a fuck. There's a lot of power in that.

  [Sam approaches his car] 

  Sam Sylvia : And relax. The devil gets all the best lines.