It Was Always You (2021 TV Movie)
Erin Krakow: Elizabeth
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Quotes
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Elizabeth : I want to go to Paris.
David : Then you should go to Paris.
Elizabeth : What will people think?
David : Lizzie, sometimes the people around you aren't going to understand your journey. That's okay. They don't need to. It's not for them. Lizzie, maybe nobody's told you this before, but it's okay for you to chase your own happiness.
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David : [watching a TV dating show] This isn't romance.
Elizabeth : What do you mean? What's wrong with it?
David : What's wrong with it? He doesn't even believe what he's saying. You don't think this is real, do you?
Elizabeth : Yeah, I kind of do.
David : Okay.
Elizabeth : It's moving. They're both flight attendants. They have a lot in common.
David : A bag of peanuts, in-flight magazines... .that's all they've got in common.
Elizabeth : What do you know about romance?
David : Well, don't you come for me. I'm the most romantic guy you've ever met.
Elizabeth : Is that so?
David : That is so.
Elizabeth : Then how would you romance this girl?
David : How would I romance her? You really want to know?
Elizabeth : Mmhmm.
David : Ooh. Let's see. I would take her on a boat. Out on the water. It would be sunset, of course. And I would take her in my arms, and I would say to her... 'All I love, all I ever need, is you. Without you, my love, I am lost. Every time I look at you, I... .I'm breathless. Every time I hold you in my arms, I feel like I am home. I loved you yesterday. I love you today... I love you tomorrow.'
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Grandma Vivian : People used to say that Martin and I were a match made in heaven.
Elizabeth : So why didn't you marry him?
Grandma Vivian : Blah. Why would I want to marry someone who is exactly like me?
Elizabeth : All right, then how did you end up marrying Grandpa Lou?
Grandma Vivian : Well, you know, after we met, he really started to grow on me. Little by little. He challenged me. And that was a good thing. And, with him, I found I could always be myself, the real Vivien, not to mention we had this wonderful connection. We used to call it that zing.
Elizabeth : Zing?
Grandma Vivian : Well, it's just... a feeling. You can't force zing. And you can't deny it, if it's there.
Elizabeth : Right.
Grandma Vivian : And even though Lou didn't like to sail and he didn't like to dance, every time that man held me in his arms, I would just go weak in the knees. Like Jello. Every single time. I'm sure like you and David.
Elizabeth : You mean like me and George?
Grandma Vivian : That's what I said.
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Elizabeth : Once upon a time there was a lonely, little girl, who came from a broken family. And one day, this wonderful family moved in across the street. And they were fun and loving and kind. And they welcomed her with open arms. And since then, she's been trying to replicate this perfect family, this perfect life.
George : What are you trying to say?
Elizabeth : I've had this one goal... and this one plan for how to get there. But I've discovered that sometimes life takes us to unexpected places. And that maybe having a plan for happiness isn't the same as just being happy.
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Diana : Word has it he's arriving early for the... surprise birthday party I'm not supposed to know about.
Elizabeth : Oh, no!
Diana : No, no, no, no, no. Don't worry. No. I can act very surprised. I mean, don't forget, I was the star of many high school musicals in my day. Oh! Oh! A surprise? For me? Oh, you shouldn't have.
Elizabeth : Oh, you are, you're pretty good.
Diana : I know. I think I missed my calling.
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Elizabeth : [David falls to the ground, faking a food allergy] David, are you okay? David, wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
David : Shh. I'm trying to sleep.
Elizabeth : Is that your idea of a joke?
David : More of a performance piece, really.
Elizabeth : You think it's funny to make me believe you're dead?
David : I was going for unconscious, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good actor.
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Elizabeth : You think I'm dull, don't you?
David : No. In fact, that's the opposite of what I was trying to express.
Elizabeth : Well, why don't you just say it? I won't be angry. You think my life with George is dull and uninteresting. At least compared to your life.
David : Well, someone's gotta hold down the fort so us crazies can act out.
Elizabeth : Well, maybe... nothing.
David : No, go ahead, you started. Maybe what?
Elizabeth : Maybe, sometimes, I get a bit sick of holding down the fort. Maybe I don't want to be just vanilla. Maybe I want to be chocolate and strawberry, too.
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Elizabeth : You think vanilla is dull?
David : I think vanilla is playing it a little bit safe. And from my observation, all the years that I've known you, Elizabeth, you do tend to play it safe. Maybe it's because you want people to think that you're a responsible, practical, safe person, but, deep down, I think you're actually a Neapolitan ice-cream sundae, with sprinkles, maybe even a little cherry on top. If you'd just let go once in a while, you might discover that you're not vanilla, not at all.
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Elizabeth : So I would like a vanilla cake, all vanilla, nothing but vanilla.
David : A lot of vanilla.
Elizabeth : Did you say something?
David : No. Sorry to interrupt. You were saying how fond you were of vanilla. I mean, imagine, if you will, a world where only vanilla exists--no butterscotch, no coconut, no rocky road. I suspect, in a vanilla world, oceans wouldn't get crossed, mountains never climbed, civilizations never discovered. Perhaps I'm being dramatic.
