Center Stage (2000)
Amanda Schull: Jody
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Quotes
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Jody : Cooper, you're an amazing dancer, and you're a great choreographer, but as a boyfriend you kind of suck.
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Jonathan Reeves : [waves to sit down]
Jody Sawyer : Wait. All my life I've wanted to be one of ABA's perfect ballerinas. I wanted to be you, Juliette. But I'm not you, and I'm not perfect,I'm just me, bad feet and all, and I'm starting to think that I like that just as much.
Jonathan Reeves : [begins to speak]
Jody Sawyer : No, because if you're not going to offer me a place in the company I don't want to hear it. And if you are, I might not have the strength to say no, and then I would be spending my best dancing years in the back of a corps waving a rose back and forth, and I'm better than that. So thank you, Jonathan, for turning me into the best dancer I can be, I appreciate it more than I can say, really. Because the best dancer I can be is a principal in Cooper Neilson's new company.
Jody Sawyer : [walks off]
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Jody Sawyer : She's so good.
Eva : Yeah, just ask her.
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Jody Sawyer : Mom. Oh, I'm so happy you guys are here.
Mr. Sawyer : We wanted to see what you've been up to this past year. And I've gotta tell you, that was the most fantastic thing I've ever seen.
Mrs. Sawyer : It was great, honey. And just just wonderful.
Jody Sawyer : You wanna know something stupid? I'd actually started to believe I didn't need to hear that anymore.
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Eva Rodriguez : Truth? In terms of technique, you are behind. But the people here know what they're looking for. And on the day of you audition, they saw it. In you.
Jody Sawyer : Now all they see is the wrong body type.
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Jody Sawyer : Mom, I got in. I made it.
Mrs. Sawyer : Wonderful, honey.
Jody Sawyer : Can you believe it? I'm going to New York.
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Maureen Cummings : Look, you're a smart girl, Jody. If you turn in your application now, you can still get into a good college.
Jody Sawyer : But I don't want to go to college. I want to dance.
Maureen Cummings : Yeah? Well, so do a lot of people.
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Jody Sawyer : Margot Fonteyn didn't have great feet.
Jonathan Reeves : Well when Margot Fonteyn was on stage, you couldn't tear your eyes away from her. Pft. It can't be taught.
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Cooper : I mean it, though. I noticed your dancing before I recognized your face.
Jody Sawyer : I have to admit, I recognized your face first.
[chuckles]
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Maureen Cummings : Just my luck.
Jody Sawyer : I would kill for your luck. All I ever wanted was to be in the American Ballet Company