A Cinderella Story (2004)

Hilary Duff: Sam

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• Austin : Sam! Okay, I know you think that I'm just some...

  Sam : Coward? Phony?

  Austin : Okay, just listen.

  Sam : No, you listen. You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I came to tell you that I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I really don't care what people think about me... because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college... it's you that I feel sorry for.

  David : Heads up! Yo, five minutes.

  Austin : I'm coming!

  Sam : I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing.

  [walks away] 

  Austin : SAM!

  [punches locker] 

• Fiona : All right. Well, I'm going off to get some more lipo. Come on, girls. Sam, we need you to clean the pool tonight.

  Sam : [stand up to Fiona]  No!

  [Rhonda, the staff, and the customers all become impressed with Sam finally standing up for herself] 

  Fiona : [shocked]  Excuse me?

  Sam : You heard me. I quit. I quit this job, I quit your family, and I'm moving out!

  [Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella laughs at Sam] 

  Fiona : Oh, and, um, where are you gonna live?

  Rhonda : With me.

  Fiona : You can't just walk out on me.

  Sam : You know what, Fiona? You can mess with your hair and your nose and your face, and can even mess with my Dad's diner, but you're through messing with me!

• Sam : Austin? What are you doing?

  Austin : Something I should have done a long time ago.

  [he kisses her, it starts to rain, they both look up] 

  Austin : Sorry I waited for the rain.

  Sam : It's okay.

• Sam : I'm late.

  Austin : For what?

  Sam : Reality.

• Austin : You need a wax.

  Sam : Excuse me?

  Austin : [laughs]  I meant the car.

• [last lines] 

  Sam : And lived happily ever after. At least for now. Hey, I'm only a freshman!

• Sam : Don't you know who I am?

  Austin : Of course I do. You're Princeton Girl. You're the girl I've been waiting to meet. I know exactly who you are! What's your name?

• Austin : Do you believe in love at first sight?

  Sam : I'll let you know.

• Rhonda : Wait up, Sam.

  Fiona : You take one more step and you're fired!

  Rhonda : Oh, no. That won't be necessary because I quit too. And you know what? The only reason why I stayed around and put up with you for all those years is because of that girl. And now that she's free of you, there is nothing stopping me from kicking your butt.

  Fiona : [freaks out]  Oh, come on, no. Not my face. It's much newer than the girls. Go for the girls!

  Sam : [talks Rhonda out of it]  Rhonda? Rhonda! She's not even worth it.

  Rhonda : [jumps her face at Fiona]  Mmph!

  Fiona : [screams]  Aaaah!

  Rhonda : You're right.

  Eleanor : You know what? I quit too.

  Bobby : Me too! Hey, Rhonda and Eleanor, hold up. I need a ride. See ya!

  [the staff all finally walk out permanently with the customers following suit] 

  Man with plate of food : [to a disgraced Fiona]  Send me a bill.

• Sam : [Carter and Sam are driving back towards the diner and Carter drives slow with his Dad's Mercedes]  Carter, you could have totally made that light.

  Carter : Uh, FYI Sam, yellow means slow down, not speed up.

  Sam : I need the Fast and the Furious, not Driving Miss Daisy.

• Fiona : No honey, leave those on! The lawn's looking a little brown.

  Sam : You know we're supposed to be conserving water! We're in the middle of a drought!

  Fiona : Droughts are for poor people, you think J-Lo has a brown lawn? People who use extra water have extra class.

• Sam : Maybe this whole relationship is just better off in cyberspace.

• Sam : Sometimes, fantasies are better than reality.

• [Sam is scrubbing the floor with her skates on. She tries to get up, but Sam slips and falls; Rhonda appears] 

  Rhonda : Sam, what are you doing?

  Sam : I'm trying to get these floors clean.

  Rhonda : Come on, sweetie, get up. What I meant is "What are you doing with your life?"

  Sam : I'm Diner Girl. I'm doing what diner girls do, Rhonda.

  Rhonda : Baby, what's gotten into you? You don't even realize how blessed you are. Look, you've got a whole family behind you. We have faith in you, and you gotta have faith in yourself.

• [the LAPD is repossessing Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella's cars] 

  Fiona : [runs outside with the girls]  Hey! Hey! I can pay for those parking tickets.

  Sam : Actually, I'm selling your cars, Fiona, for college tuition money.

  Gabriella : What?

  Fiona : Now what gives you the idea you can sell our cars?

  Rhonda : She owns them.

  Sam : Exactly. I own them.

• Austin : You're not a guy, right? 'Cause if you are I'll kick your butt.

  Sam : [chuckles]  I am not a guy.

• Sam : [narrates]  Well, that hidden will stated that the house, the diner, and everything belonged to me.

  [the two stepsisters are looking for Sam's "real" acceptance letter to Princeton] 

  Sam : It turned out my stepsisters knew where Fiona had filed my real acceptance letter at Princeton.

  Gabriella : I've got it!

  Sam : My Dad's diner has been restored to its former glory. And my stepmom made a deal with the DA. She's working off her debt to society, at Hal's, under the watchful eye of my new partner. And my stepsisters? They finally put their teamwork to good use.

• Sam : Terry? Are you Nomad?

  Terry : Nomad? Indeed. I have traveled through time and space to find you. Now join me in the mating dance of Zion!

• Fiona : Is this the Norwegian salmon I asked for? Because I need my omega-3s.

  Sam : Only the best.

  Fiona : Mmm. I can tell. You know it costs a fortune to fly that stuff in from Norwegia.

• [first lines] 

  Sam : Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, lived a beautiful little girl and her widowed father.

• [Sam, hurt and humiliated in front of the entire school after the evil skit conducted by Shelby, Brianna, and Gabriella, storms into her room in tears] 

  Fiona : [knocking on her door]  Sam?

  Sam : Go away!

  Fiona : [enters the room]  But Sam, you've got a letter from Princeton.

  [Fiona gives Sam the "fake" letter which, as Sam reads, states that she has been rejected by Princeton University] 

  Fiona : What does it say?

  Sam : I didn't get in.

  Fiona : [gasps]  Oh, no! Oh, and you studied so hard.

  Sam : I can't believe that I actually had a chance.

  Fiona : Oh, Sam, I'm heartbroken. Life can be so unfair. Well, just look at the bright side: You have a job at the diner for the rest of your life. You want a cookie?

  [Sam sobs] 

  Fiona : [bites into a cookie; mumbles]  Mmm, they're so moist.

• Sam : Hello?

  Fiona : Sam? Some little rat got into my salmon, and ate it all! I need more salmon! And pick up my dry cleaning. And wash the Jag!

• Sam : I thought that I could handle this, but I really can't.

• Carter : How do you feel?

  Sam : I'll let you know when I can catch my breath.

• Shelby : [Shelby and her friends are looking at the menu, looking what they want to eat]  Why do I have the feeling that I won't be able to get a Zone Meal here?

  Madison : I already ate.

  David : Madison, laxatives don't qualify as a food group. Surprised you didn't know that.

  Shelby : [to David]  Stop it!

  [sees Sam coming toward them] 

  Shelby : Well! If it isn't Diner Girl!

  Sam : [reluctantly taking Shelby's order]  What can I get you guys?

  Shelby : What can I get here that has no sugar, no carbs, and is fat free?

  Sam : Water.

  Ryan : [Shelby smirks at Sam nastily, as the boys laugh]  Water? Feisty!

  Madison : [Madison looks at Sam, confused]  Was that supposed to be a joke?

  Austin : [chuckling]  It was funny!

  Shelby : [smirks at Sam and orders her drink]  I'll have a Voss.

  Sam : [looking at Shelby, confused]  Excuse me?

  Caitlyn : [scoffing at Sam]  It's water. From Norway?

  Shelby : [to her friends and Austin's friends laughing]  She's the worst!

  [scoffs] 

  Shelby : [to Shelby]  Sorry, we only have water from the Valley.

  Shelby : Oh. Well, then I'll have an iced tea.

  David : [Sam jots it down on the notepad]  Make that two!

  [to Sam, as a joke] 

  David : And you know, I'm still waiting on that breakfast burrito, Diner Girl!

  Madison : [Shelby's friends and Austin's friends laugh at Sam as she gets the drinks. Madison shoos her away]  See ya!

  Shelby : [about Sam]  She is *so* not getting a tip!

  Austin : [turning to Shelby]  Shelby, we really need to talk... privately.

  Shelby : Anything you say to me, you can say in front of my peeps.

  [Madison and Caitlyn, as well as Ryan and David lean forward to hear what Austin has to say] 

  Austin : Okay.

  [Shelby looks at Austin] 

  Austin : I want to break up.

  Shelby : [shocked at the fact Austin is dumping her]  What?

  David : [about the breakup]  Ouch!

  Caitlyn : [Madison is shocked]  That was harsh!

  Shelby : [to Austin, asking why he dumped her]  Are you in love with somebody else?

  Austin : [smiling]  I think so!

  Caitlyn : [to Austin]  No way!

  Ryan : [to Austin]  What? Who, bro?

  Austin : [to Ryan]  I don't know.

  [to Shelby, with the "Just friends" speech] 

  Austin : But we can still be...

  Shelby : [points her finger at Austin, warning him not to say it]  *Don't* say the word "friends"! Now, fortunate for you, I'm gonna... overlook this mental breakdown of yours. Look, just chill out, we're gonna get ready for the dance, and; I'll see you there. Hmm?

  [Shelby and her friends leave the table] 

  Ryan : [to Shelby and her friends]  Later. Late!

  David : [amazed he did that to Shelby]  That went well, bro!

  Ryan : No, she took it well!

  Austin : Good looking out.

  David : [Austin and his friends leave the table. David says to Sam]  Later, Diner Girl!

  Ryan : [to Sam]  Too late!

  Sam : [Austin is about to give Sam a tip, but she dismisses it as she comes back with the drinks]  Oh, don't worry about it.

  Rhonda : [Sam comes back to Rhonda and puts the iced teas on the bench] 

  [Rhonda refers to Shelby and her friends] 

  Rhonda : You know, those kids remind me of why I used to fight in school.

• Sam : Carter, what are you wearing?

  Carter : What? This is my Snoop-dizzle look!

• Sam : So... Who'd you guys pay to make your cars so dirty?

  Gabriella : Excuse me? Like, what are you, the Dirt Police?

  Brianna : [laughs]  Yeah! The Dirt Police! Like, excuse me miss, do you know how fast your dirt was going?

  Gabriella : You should've stopped at the Dirt Police.

• Sam : [narrating]  It was the kind of place where diet was a four letter word, and grease came at no additional charge.

• Shelby : [the North Valley cheerleaders put on a play for the pep rally; with Shelby as the narrator; exposing the truth about Sam's "Cinderella" identity]  Thank you!

  [Shelby narrates the story] 

  Shelby : "Once upon a time, there was a big, strong Fighting Frog."

  [Brianna appears, as Austin, hopping like a frog on top of the cheerleaders] 

  Shelby : "He had a beautiful girlfriend, and his dad owned the biggest pond in all the land. But, he still wasn't happy."

  [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards, and the crowd goes "Aww!". Shelby continues narrating] 

  Shelby : "If only he could find a princess, then she could kiss him, turn him into a prince and they would run away together."

  [the cheerleaders carry in Gabriella, as "Cinderella" in her dress, and they put her down and the crowd starts laughing. Shelby continues narrating the story] 

  Shelby : "One night, after the slimy Frog ditches his super-hot, senior-poll, most popular girlfriend, he meets his princess."

  Brianna : [as Austin, putting his hand out to Gabriella, as "Cinderella"]  Your Highness!

  [Gabriella does a silly bow, as "Cinderella" in her dress until her underwear shows, and the crowd laughs] 

  Shelby : [continues narrating]  "Alas, it turns out, that not only did our Prince have a secret identity, but also had an online relationship with a pen-pal named "Princeton Girl"."

  [the cheerleaders do a handstand, showing the wall between "Austin" and "Cinderella"] 

  Carter : [to Sam]  This isn't good.

  Brianna : [as Austin, texting on the phone]  "Dear Princeton Girl, I can't wait til we finally get to meet. You're the only one who understands the real me."

  [the crowd laughs in the background] 

  Brianna : "The man who doesn't want to play USC football. But who wants to be at Princeton, with you."

  [the crowd continues laughing, with Shelby smirking, nastily] 

  Austin's Dad : [to Austin, about the impersonation]  What are they talking about?

  Austin : Nothing.

  Gabriella : [as "Cinderella", texting back to "Austin"]  "Dear Nomad, I want you to know who I am but, I'm scared!"

  [Sam looks at her stepsisters, and the cheerleaders, horrified, embarrassed and upset] 

  Gabriella : "I'm scared that you'll reject me! And... I've never had a

  [whispers] 

  Gabriella : real kiss before!"

  [Caitlyn and Madison hold up the cue cards and the crowd goes "Aww!"] 

  Sam : [horrified and upset]  I can't believe that they're reading my emails!

  Carter : [to Sam]  Sam, let's go!

  Shelby : [continues narrating]  But our princess had a secret too. She wasn't royalty at all,

  [Gabriella comes onstage wearing a waitress outfit with roller-skates, and skating badly] 

  Shelby : but a geek, a loser; a servant girl.

  [Gabriella roller-skates and lands into a pie, splattering herself on top of the cheerleaders with the crowd laughing loudly] 

  Austin's Dad : [to Austin]  Any ideas about this?

  [Austin shakes his head] 

  Shelby : [chuckling nastily to herself, and finishes narrating]  And, who may you ask, is this impostor?

  [motions to Sam, sticking her hand out] 

  Shelby : Give it up for the pretend princess, Diner Girl, Sam Montgomery!

  [the crowd laughs really loudly, and starts chanting "Diner girl!" and continues chanting. Austin looks at Sam, horrified that he found out the truth about Sam] 

  Carter : [to an utterly embarrassed and humiliated Sam, in tears]  Come on.

  [Sam and Carter leave the pep rally; embarrassed and in tears, as the crowd continue chanting "Diner girl" with Shelby smirking victoriously]