Ballet Shoes (2007 TV Movie)

Mary Stockley: Miss Jay

Quotes 

• [Miss Jay meets Pauline and Winifred after their Alice auditions] 

  Miss Jay : Well done, you two. Right, Pauline is to play Alice

  [pauses as girls gasp] 

  Miss Jay : and Winifred is to be engaged as understudy.

  Pauline Fossil : [starts to say]  What?

  Winifred : [interrupts]  When I finished my dance, people clapped! Nobody clapped her, there was just silence!

  Miss Jay : Dance is important, but Pauline looks right for Alice.

  Winifred : She looks right for everything, she always will!

  [looks at Pauline and murmurs] 

  Winifred : Pretty face... blonde hair...

  [yells] 

  Winifred : It's got NOTHING, whatsoever to do with TALENT, and it's SO UNFAIR!

  [runs back up the stairs]