In the Cut (2003)
Meg Ryan: Frannie Avery
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Quotes
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Frannie : The still waters of the water under a frond of stars. The still waters of your mouth under a thicket of kisses.
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Frannie : I was at the Red Turtle with one of my students.
Detective Ritchie Rodriguez : One of your students?
Frannie : Cornelius Webb, but it was early, three-thirty. I was there for a short time, then I went home.
Detective Malloy : Cornelius Webb. Is that with two B's or not two B's?
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Detective Malloy : He came from behind you?
Frannie : I don't know.
Detective Malloy : Did you turn?
Frannie : He just - he grabbed my head and his arm, he - he had his arm around my neck.
Detective Malloy : So he must've come up from behind you then. Was it his right arm?
[places right arm on Frannie]
Detective Malloy : Or his left?
[places left arm]
Frannie : It was his right.
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Cornelius Webb : [after class] I've been thinking on Gacy, you know? Pogo the Clown? I've been thinking that it wasn't his fault, you know? Like he were the victim.
Frannie : Of what?
Cornelius Webb : Desire.
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Frannie : It's off in the distance It came into the room It's here in the circle
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Frannie Avery : Aren't you gonna help carry my bag?
Cornelius Webb : No. You're an Amazon, Miss Avery. That's like an insult.
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Frannie Avery : Slang is either sexual or violent... When it's witty, I think it's really witty.
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Detective Malloy : What's all this?
Frannie : Words, quotes that I like, poetry.
Detective Malloy : Is it like a job or a hobby?
Frannie : A passion.
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Detective Malloy : You want me to go, I'll go. You want me to stay, I'll stay. You got to want something. You're smarter than I am. I'm running just to keep up with you.
Frannie : I'm scared of what I want.
Detective Malloy : Why? Is it a lot?
Frannie : Yeah, it's a lot.