Beyond the Lights (2014)

Minnie Driver: Macy Jean

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Quotes 

• Noni : You know I always wondered when I'd do a shoot, and they'd tell me to hike up my skirt or take my shirt off, and I'd look to you to see if it was okay, and it was always okay.

  Macy Jean : Would you look around you? It is okay.

  Noni : No, it's not okay! It never was!

  Macy Jean : Noni, the song doesn't make you, you make the song. It's a game, alright?

  Noni : So what? You give me a new nose, a new body and some Indian chick's hair. New and improved, except I'm not a bloody product!

  Macy Jean : We did what we had to do.

  Noni : There was never any "we". Your word was gospel.

  Macy Jean : Wait, so now you're a victim? When did you ever tell me that you didn't want this?

  Noni : When I was on that balcony!

• Macy Jean : [to a young Noni after she has won a trophy for second prize]  Chuck it. Go on, throw it away.

  Noni : Why, mummy?

  Macy Jean : Do you want to be a runner up, or do you want to be a winner?

  [young Noni throws it away, and it breaks] 

• Macy Jean : [after Kaz points out that he saved her daughter's life]  You're a cop. That's sort of your job.

  Kaz : What about YOUR job? I mean, I know if I had a daughter, especially one as amazing as that one, I'd get her some help.

• Macy Jean : [to Noni, after the disastrous BET Awards performance]  Congratulations, you're a bloody cliche!