Storytelling (2001)
Lupe Ontiveros: Consuelo (segment "Non-Fiction")
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Quotes
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Mikey Livingston : Why was he on death row?
Consuelo : For rape and murder.
Mikey Livingston : Consuelo, what is rape exactly?
Consuelo : It is when you love someone and they don't love you and you do something about it.
Mikey Livingston : Sometimes I think my parents don't love me.
Consuelo : Well, when you get older you can do something about it.
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Mikey Livingston : Wasn't there high school in El Salvador?
Consuelo : We had to work. My family was poor.
Mikey Livingston : It must have been hard being poor.
Consuelo : I am still poor.
Mikey Livingston : But Consuelo... even though you're poor, don't you have any hobbies or interests or anything?
Consuelo : No, Mikey.
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Mikey Livingston : What do you like to do when you're not working?
Consuelo : I am always working.
Mikey Livingston : But when you're not, like now, what do you like to do?
[Consuelo is cleaning the stove]
Consuelo : This is work.
Mikey Livingston : But it's not like... real work. This is just babysitting. You know, your job's really not so bad, if you think about it. You should smile more.
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Mikey Livingston : But why are you so upset about Jesus?
Consuelo : He is dead.
Mikey Livingston : Oh. How did that happen?
Consuelo : He was executed. He was on death row... and then he was executed.
Mikey Livingston : How did they execute him?
Consuelo : Poison gas.
Mikey Livingston : Maybe it's for the best. I mean, if he was guilty of doing something wrong. People who are bad should be killed. Don't you think so?
Consuelo : Jesus was not bad.
Mikey Livingston : Maybe he was and you just didn't know it.