Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)

Uma Thurman: Ellen Claremont

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• Ellen Claremont : [after her son comes out to her]  We're gonna need some pizza.

• Ellen Claremont : Darling, you've done some pretty stupid things in your day, but this...

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : [cutting in]  Takes the cake?

  Ellen Claremont : You hear that, Zahra? He's opening with a joke.

  Zahra Bankston : Maybe he can host the Correspondents' Dinner next year.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : Oh, I'd be down.

  Zahra Bankston : No.

• Ellen Claremont : So are you, are you gay? Bi? Fluid? Pan? Queer?

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : [chuckling]  Cool it, mom, I'm bi.

  Ellen Claremont : Oh, all right. Well, you know, the "B" in "LGBTQ" is not a silent letter.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : Yes, thank you, mom.

  Ellen Claremont : I mean, if I'd had had more warning, I could have made you a PowerPoint presentation, but...

  [Alex laughs] 

  Ellen Claremont : Can I give you some advice?

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : Yeah, of course.

  Ellen Claremont : You need to figure out if you feel forever about him before you take this any further. A relationship like this will define your life.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : I don't know if we're there yet, mom. I don't know if we ever will be.

  Ellen Claremont : One more thing. Uh, we didn't go over this particular type of partnering when we had the talk, which is on me for making assumptions.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : Okay...

  Ellen Claremont : I just want to make sure you know you need to wear a condom if you're having anal intercourse.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : Oh, my God.

  Ellen Claremont : And we can, we can talk about getting you on Truvada and... and if you're bottoming, then you need the HPV vaccine. And I can have HHS send over some brochures.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : You are ridiculous! I cannot believe they gave you the nuclear codes!

  Ellen Claremont : And you have to tell your father.

  [Alex exhales; Ellen gives him a "hmm?" shrug] 

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : I don't know. This is uncharted territory for us.

  Ellen Claremont : When you're a parent, every day is uncharted territory. And when your child is Alex Claremont-Diaz, you get used to the exceptional. I love you.

  Alex Claremont-Diaz : I love you, too.

• Ellen Claremont : There are people who will tell you that elections don't matter. But try telling that to the auto worker in Michigan who worries whether or not their plant will be shut down. Tell that to the transgender high school student in Mississippi, voting for the very first time. Elections do matter because they give you a voice, and your voice is blended tonight with the voices of millions of Americans just like you: open hearted, fearless and alive to a bolder, brighter, braver future.