May December (2023)

Julianne Moore: Gracie

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Quotes 

• Gracie : Insecure people are very dangerous, aren't they? I'm secure. Make sure you put that in there.

• Gracie : What's making you feel bad?

  Joe Yoo : It's not... I don't feel bad, like... I'm just trying to say...

  [swallows] 

  Joe Yoo : What if I wasn't ready to be making those kinds of decisions. Then... then what? Because the kids. What would that mean?

  Gracie : I don't understand what you're saying.

  Joe Yoo : I'm saying, what if I was too young?

  Gracie : Well...

  [starts to tear up, scoffs] 

  Gracie : *You* seduced *me*.

  Joe Yoo : But I was 13 years old.

  Gracie : Don't give me that.

  Joe Yoo : But I was.

  Gracie : I don't care how old you were. Who was in charge?

  Joe Yoo : What?

  Gracie : Who was the boss? Who was in charge? Who was in charge?

• Gracie : My brother Mark, he still lives in Richmond. He always says, "Keep your expectations low, and you'll never be disappointed." And I always forget that.

  Elizabeth : How many brothers do you have?

  Gracie : Four. Two older. Two younger. But I think you know that.

  Elizabeth : So... what were your expectations?

  Gracie : Uh, that tonight would go well. That my children would love me. And my life would be perfect.

  Elizabeth : That was a little naive.

  Gracie : I am naive. I always have been. In a way, it's been a gift.

• Gracie : I thought you were taller. You look taller on television, but we're basically the same size.

  Elizabeth : We're basically the same.

• Gracie : I don't think we have enough hot dogs.

• Elizabeth : [reading Joe's card to Gracie from when they met]  "Peace is sitting on a lake in the summertime. Peace is a Coca-Cola on a hot summer day. Peace is being with you."

  Gracie : The assignment was "What is peace?"

• Gracie : It's my understanding that the movie takes place between 1992 and 1994, am I wrong? So why would you need to know anything that happened after that?

  Elizabeth : Well, there are things that exist inside people that don't necessarily come to head until later, and I try and look for the seeds of those things.

• Gracie : Honor, I got you that scale, as I told you at the time, as a tradition, because that's what my mother got me when I graduated from high school. You try going through life without a scale. See how that goes.

• [Joe finds Gracie sobbing in bed] 

  Joe Yoo : What happened?

  Gracie : [sniffling]  Joyce in Mercer called and cancelled her order, and all future orders.

  Joe Yoo : [sighs]  I'm sorry.

  Gracie : And I told her that I'd already made it, and she said that she would pay for it, but that she didn't need it. They were leaving town.

  Joe Yoo : Where are they going?

  Gracie : Her sister is sick or something.

  [angrily] 

  Gracie : It doesn't matter. I wasted hours that I could have used.

  Joe Yoo : You couldn't have known, Gracie.

  Gracie : [sniffles]  I just... I hate things like that.

  [sobbing] 

  Gracie : And now I have this cake that's going to go right in the garbage.

  Joe Yoo : You don't have to throw it in the garbage.

  [Gracie sobs as Joe comforts her] 

• Elizabeth : Why did you marry a man like Tom?

  Gracie : I was young, and he seemed perfect on paper. It was a different time. My father used to say, "You're either leaving this house in a veil, or in a box."

• Gracie : Well, I'm not gonna cross-examine you, say what you wanna say.

• Gracie : You try going through life without a scale and see how that goes.

• Gracie : Make yourself at home. Look around. Talk to people. Do what you have to do and get yourself a hot dog.