No Strings Attached (I) (2011)
Natalie Portman: Emma
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Quotes
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Emma : I can't stop thinking about him.
Katie : Who? Adam?
Emma : Yeah. I know it's over and I'm looking. It's just that no one is as.
Katie : [interrupts] Tall?
Emma : He's so tall.
Katie : So tall.
Emma : And he's so, like.
Katie : Happy?
Emma : Annoyingly happy, all the time. But he has this.
[pauses]
Emma : He has the best heart.
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Emma : Taxi!
[gets in car]
Emma : Take me to Adam's house!
Taxi Driver : Okay, ma'am, where's that?
Emma : Where Adam lives!
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Emma : This isn't really my place. I mean, who am I? I just have sex with your son sometimes.
Adam : Yes she does!
Emma : But, there is really no reason for you to bring a child into this world since you're acting like children already.
Vanessa : That was really mean.
Emma : Yeah, I'm mean. But you're fucking crazy. Because given the choice between Adam and his dad. Given the choice between Adam and anyone, really, I'd choose Adam. Every time.
[to Adam]
Emma : Do you want to get out of here?
Adam : Yeah. Fuck this.
Emma : Oh, by the way. It's the best sex of my life.
[yells]
Emma : Great Scott!
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Adam : [answers phone] Hello?
Emma : Hi. It's Emma Kurtzman from Camp Weehawken.
Adam : Yes. What is it?
Emma : So my sister's getting married in Santa Barbara tomorrow and, I don't know. I heard your show was tonight. Congratulations.
Adam : Thank you.
Emma : I know this is random. I just, um, I miss you. I miss you so much.
Adam : Ok. I don't know what to say. You're calling me because you're at your sister's wedding and she looks happy and everyone is happy and you're not
Emma : I thought.
[pauses]
Emma : I don't know what I thought. I guess I wanted to hear your voice. I mean, I know we broke up but.
Adam : [interrupts] Emma. We didn't break up. We never started. Look, I gotta go. I'm still at work. Have fun at the wedding and tell your sister congratulations for me. Bye.
[hangs up]
Emma : [looks at phone] Aw fuck.
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Katie : [answers phone] Hey! How did it go? Did you find him?
Emma : Yeah, he was with a girl. It's his girlfriend. And I was in a bush.
Katie : Oh crap.
[pauses]
Katie : Are you still there?
Emma : [crying] Yeah.
Katie : Okay, get in your car and drive away. How much money do you have on you?
Emma : Uh, like 10 bucks.
Katie : Okay, the box of 50 doughnut holes is $5.79. You're gonna need two boxes.
Emma : [crying harder] I lost him!
Katie : I'm so sorry. I love you.
Emma : I know.
[hangs up]
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Adam : I understand what's going on. You're all on the same cycle. This is very exciting. Your uterine walls will be shedding for the next three to five days.
Shira : Nice memorization. Did you Google that?
Adam : I may have. Because you're women. And I think that's a beautiful thing. Oh...
[takes out a CD]
Adam : I also made you this.
[hands it to Emma]
Adam : To help soothe your womb.
Patrice : It's a mix!..."Even Flow." "Red, Red Wine."
Shira : "Sunday Bloody Sunday"?
Emma : Adam. You made me... a period mix?
Guy : That's so romantic!
Patrice : Frank Sinatra, "I've Got the World on a String"!
Adam : It's a classic.
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Emma : Adam, you're wonderful. If you're lucky you're never gonna see me again.
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Adam : So, what's up with not calling me back?
Emma : I'm not good at this stuff.
Adam : At what? Talking?
Emma : Yeah, talking. Communicating. Relationship stuff. If we were in a relationship I would become a weird scary version of myself. My throat starts constricting. The walls start throbbing. It's like a peanut allergy, like an emotional peanut allergy.
Adam : Well, I can't date you either. You're not my dad's type.
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Emma : I think monogamy goes against our basic biology.
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Emma : The height difference! When we stand next to each other it looks like he's kidnapping me.
Patrice : You always do this. You always find something wrong with everybody who likes you. And I date guys who have real problems. I date guys who steal my credit card and then they tell me it's my fault because I left it out. You find these perfect guys and then you're like, it will never work he's too happy.
Emma : What's up, Dr. Metzner!
[shocked]
Emma : Did I just say what's up to Steven Metzner?
Patrice : That was really hard to watch.
Emma : Look I know I'm supposed to want to be in a relationship, but I just end up with a broken heart and a bunch of his old t-shirts.
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Adam : My dad invited me to dinner and he's bringing Vanessa. You have to come with me.
Emma : No, I don't. I just worked 14 hours. I'm not gonna meet your parents.
Adam : You know what? Just help me. These are really powerful painkillers. I can't feel anything.
Emma : [slaps Adam] Feel that?
Adam : Yeah. I felt that.
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Sandra Kurtzman : You know I worry about you sometimes.
Emma : Why? Is this about me not having a date?
Sandra Kurtzman : No, I know you can dance alone. I know that you'll be fine. You're always fine.
Emma : So?
Sandra Kurtzman : I don't know. When we lost your father I couldn't stand to see you in pain and I think you knew that. I think that you got good at being strong for me.
[pauses]
Sandra Kurtzman : I'm telling you be hurt. I can take it. The world can take it.
Emma : [teary] Okay.
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Adam : You know, I don't want to freak you out, but I'd love to hang out with you in the daytime sometime.
Emma : It's not really possible. I have no time. I work 80 hours a week doing 36-hour shifts. What I need is someone who's going to be in my bed in 2 a.m. who I don't have to lie to or eat breakfast with.
Adam : I hate breakfast.
Emma : Do you want to do this?
Adam : Do what?
Emma : Use each other for sex at all hours of the day and night, nothing else.
Adam : [soundbite of music] Yeah, I could do that.
Emma : Good.
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Emma : Dr. Metzner? Adam, what's going on? What happened?
Dr. Metzner : He sprained his wrist punching a wall.
Emma : You texted me that you were dying.
Adam : It really hurt.
Dr. Metzner : I gave him some Hyrdocodone for the night. It's a very strong painkiller. You might want to have Dr. Kurtzman here drive you home. And here is a prescription for an anti-inflammatory.
[hands to Emma]
Dr. Metzner : Don't worry, you're in good hands. Your girlfriend here is a very talented doctor.
Emma : No! I'm not his girlfriend.
Adam : She is not my girlfriend.
Dr. Metzner : Oh sorry. I saw that he listed you as an emergency contact. My mistake. Oh by the way, I enjoyed your dad's TV show. Great Scott! It's funny stuff.
Adam : I'll tell him you said that.
[pops pill]
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Adam : Hey!
Emma : What?
Adam : Thank you for what you did back at the restaurant.
Adam : Go on a date with me.
Emma : You're heavily sedated.
Adam : Come on,it's... It's one date. Just do it.
Emma : Why? So I can wear make up and act perfect all night?
Adam : Yeah. I'll pick you up, and we can talk about our favorite books and our favorite TV shows. I'll pay for everything and you can reward me with an over-the-jeans cock rub. Like a real date.
Emma : Is that really what you want?
Adam : This Friday.
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Emma : People aren't meant to be together forever.
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Emma : I'm going to start peeing with the door open, it's going to get weird.
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Emma : You look like a pumpkin, bitch!
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Emma : I'm Emma Kurtzman. You tried to finger me!
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Emma : Yeah, I stuck it in.
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Emma : [after getting a hole in one playing mini golf] That hole is my bitch!
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Katie : Mom is so excited. She was like screaming and crying last night! Oh, and she's going to fly down with Bones and help me shop for the dress.
Emma : [interrupts] Who? Bones? Who's Bones? Katie, who's Bones?
Katie : He's mom's friend. I wasn't supposed to tell you about him.
Emma : She has a boyfriend named Bones? What is he a drifter?
Katie : No!
Emma : Why didn't she tell me?
Katie : Emma, you're so good at being alone. Mom and I aren't like that.
Emma : What's that supposed to mean?
Katie : Just, it's true.
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Emma : I lost him.
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Emma : [wearing 3-D glasses] Wow... it looks like it's coming right at me.
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Emma : I'll be gone for like, an hour... I'm just getting some... Yogurt.
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Shira : You bringing Adam to the Christmas party tonight?
Emma : No. Things were getting too intense so we decided not to see each other until we hook up with other people.
Shira : Okay. Yes. Good! We are getting laid tonight. This is going to be like Sideways only you're Paul Giamatti and I'm the guy who gets laid.
Emma : I can't get laid?
Shira : No. Tonight is about me, Emma. I'm feeling hot. I'm feeling good. I'm wearing bikini bottoms because my other underwear is dirty. Alright, we're hot. You feel hot?
Emma : [shrugs] No one threw up on me today.
Shira : We're sluts, Emma. We're dirty, dirty sluts!
Emma : Okay.
Shira : Remember, we're sluts!
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Emma : You want to go with me to this stupid thing?
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Adam : So, did I just pass out on your couch?
Emma : No. Then you did this thing. It was like, a dance?
Adam : Dance?
Emma : Yeah, like.
[impersonates Adam's dance]
Adam : I shook my dick at you?
Emma : Yeah.
Adam : Oh, shit. I'm sorry.
Emma : No, no. It was exciting. It was like, you were cheering while you were doing it. You were like, "look at my dick!"
Adam : Did you look at it?
Emma : Yeah I looked. It was nice. You have a really nice penis.
Adam : Nice?
Emma : Seems kind of like carefree.
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Vanessa : [to Adam] I know this might be hard, but just because I'm your ex-girlfriend, doesn't mean that you can't look at me as... a kind of... mum?
Emma : Oh, boy.
Vanessa : Especially because, well... Alvin and I have been talking about...
[reverently:]
Vanessa : creating new life... together.
Alvin : You see, we were at... Burning Man.
Vanessa : And we were dressed up.
Alvin : Yeah. I was dressed as a... fire bird.
Emma : [to Vanessa] And what were you dressed as?
Vanessa : I was naked. And we were just out there in the desert... and... and he was burying my bare body in the sand.
Alvin : Yeah, and I was pecking at it... with my fire bird.
