The Ref (1994)
Judy Davis: Caroline
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Quotes
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Caroline : I had this dream...
Lloyd : Do we have to do dreams?
Caroline : I'm in this restaurant, and the waiter brings me my entree. It was a salad. It was Lloyd's head on a plate of spinach with his penis sticking out of his ear. And I said, "I didn't order this." And the waiter said, "Oh you must try it, it's a delicacy. But don't eat the penis, it's just garnish."
Dr. Wong : Lloyd, what do you think about the dream?
Lloyd : I think she should stop telling it at dinner parties to all our friends.
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Lloyd : [to the therapist referring to their son] In the ninth grade we said he could get a part time job. Are you ready for what he did? He started an escort service for the football team, and he gave out my mother's phone number!
Caroline : And I still say getting laid by an 18-year-old linebacker is just what she needs!
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Gus : Soooo... got any cigarettes?
Lloyd : I don't smoke and Caroline just quit.
Gus : Really? Just quit, huh?
Caroline : [she nods her head yes]
Gus : So... where are they?
Caroline : What do you mean?
Gus : Where aaare they, Caroliiiiine?
Caroline : [sighs] They're behind the chessboard.
Lloyd : What? You lied to me! You said you were finished!
Caroline : I said I hadn't finished a cigarette. I take a couple drags, I don't inhale.
Lloyd : Oh you are such a liar!
Caroline : I am not, I said...
Gus : [Gus is sick of the argument and pushes both of them over in thier chairs] Did you say that you would quit, Caroline? DID YOU SAY... that you would quit?
Caroline : [shaking her head yes]
Gus : YES! So that means that YOU are a liar, end of story.
Lloyd : [chuckles thinking he's won, but Gus looks over and comes towards him]
Gus : [putting the gun to his head] You saw the stop sign didn't you, Lloyd?
[waving the gun back and forth]
Gus : You... saw the... stop sign... DIDN'T YOU?
Lloyd : Y-yes, I did.
Gus : YES! So that means that you, too, are a liar! Capital "L", small "i", small "a", small "r", period. Now shut... the fuck... up!
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Gus : [Murray hangs the phone up just as Gus answers] He hung up.
Caroline : Well, he sounded upset.
Gus : He should be. He's going to die a horrible fucking death.
Connie Chasseur : [from downstairs, in a whiny tone] Caroline...
Caroline : Speaking of which.
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Lloyd : Caroline? Why don't you eat something?
Caroline : [Drunk] Loyd? Why don't you eat me?
Connie Chasseur : Kids, go to into the den. This not a conversation for children.
Rose Chasseur : It is not an apprioprate conversation for adults either.
Gus : Where are you going?
Rose Chasseur : To the living room. To leave you to your quilting. I be there to open presents. If my plans change I will contact you.
Lloyd : Why don't we all go into the living room, we'll have our drink and deserts in there.
Caroline : [to Loyd] Phoney Bastard!
Gus : Caroline, shut up.
Connie Chasseur : Let's all go to the den...
Gus : Sit down Connie sit.
Connie Chasseur : Excuse me, I am not one of you patients.
Gus : You're going to be somebody's patient if you don't get your ass back down in that chair.
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Caroline : One bad review in one lousy magazine, you just give up!
Lloyd : Now hold on, stop right there. If you recall, it wasn't one bad review in one lousy magazine, it was the Restaurant Guidebook of New York! And when the Restaurant Guidebook recommends you to "Hindus looking for a fun night out of fasting," what do you expect me to do, change the menu?
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Rose : Where's your son?
Lloyd : [lying] Ah, he's spending the night with a friend.
Connie Chasseur : On Christmas Eve?
Rose : I think it's very strange.
Lloyd : Well... .
Caroline : Well, he... .
Gus : [winging it] Uh, actually that was my idea. Because, ah, when one is constructing highways of communication between two people, it's sometimes a good idea to, uh, clear the road and slowly introduce exit signs.
Connie Chasseur : That's funny. I heard something very similar on Oprah last week.
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Caroline : You can divorce me, I mean, I don't care about the alimony. You can say that I was unfaithful.
Lloyd : You were.
Caroline : That's why I said you can say it.
Lloyd : No, no, you said it as if it weren't true, but that I could say it just to get the divorce. Except that it is true and we're not getting a divorce.
Caroline : Aren't you coming in with me?
Lloyd : No, I want to listen to the news. There is a world going on beyond our problems, Caroline.
Caroline : [defiantly] Just because you've made your decree about this divorce, it doesn't mean I'm giving up on it.
