Big Driver (2014 TV Movie)

Maria Bello: Tess Thorne

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Quotes 

• Lester : You're... dead?

  Tess Thorne : No... that would be your mommy and your brother.

• Lester's Brother : I was afraid

  Tess Thorne : Of him?

  Lester's Brother : Of her

• [last lines] 

  Ramona Norvell : Don't, this a mistake!

  Tess Thorne : No... the mistake you made was not castrating that son of yours when you found out what he was.

• Ramona Norvell : [showing her true colors]  You're a crappy writer... and a crappy guest speaker.

  Tess Thorne : [disgusted]  You said you like my work.

  Ramona Norvell : I lied. Those old ladies... they're a joke. I always knew my son would be something special. You were perfect for him, should've killed you. I don't know what you're thinking coming here, but this is what you get

  [the gun clicks] 

  Ramona Norvell : ...

  Tess Thorne : [after overpowering and stabbing her]  First rule of gun ownership: always keep the first chamber empty. It leads to people accidentally shooting themselves. You insult a writer's work, they take it very seriously.

• Cop : What if he has a girlfriend... a wife?

  Tess Thorne : Guys like that don't have wives... not ones who stick around... there's only one woman in his life... and she's dead

• Tess Thorne : Ever since I was a little kid, I had these voices in my head. All kinds, ah, men, women, old, young, this mysterious corral of people I'd never met, so I was either gonna end up in a padded cell ... or published.

• Tess Thorne : How's the tire?

  Lester : Round. Lots of little tiny words inside of it.

• Lester : You bitch!

  Tess Thorne : Don't kill me!

  Lester : You whiny whore bitch!

  Tess Thorne : Please!

  Lester : Gosh sakes.

• Tess Thorne : Want coffee with that sugar?

• Tess Thorne : He came along in a big truck with loud exhaust and I remember thinking 'he wasn't driving it, he was wearing it'.

• Tess Thorne : [pointing a gun at Lester]  Come and get it!

  [gun goes click]