School of Rock (2003)

Joan Cusack: Rosalie Mullins

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Quotes 

• Rosalie Mullins : [addressing the crowd of angry parents]  Excuse me. I've just been informed that all of your children are missing, so...

• Rosalie Mullins : The children just had their lunch. Is there anything else you need?

  Dewey Finn : I'm a teacher. All I need are minds for molding.

  Rosalie Mullins : All right, then. Well, thanks again. You saved the day.

• Rosalie Mullins : [about the teachers]  They hate me.

  Dewey Finn : No, they don't.

  Rosalie Mullins : Yes, they do, I can see. I wasn't always like this, you know, I wasn't always wound this tight. There was a time where I was fun. I was funny! I was. But you can't be funny and be the principal of a prep school! No, you cannot. Because when it comes to their kids, these parents have no sense of humor. No. And if something goes wrong, it's my head in the smasher. And these parents will come down on me like a nuclear bomb! I can't make a mistake! I gotta be perfect! And that pressure has turned me into one thing that I never wanted to be!

  Rosalie Mullins : [silently mouthing the words]  A bitch!

  Dewey Finn : No, you're not.

  Rosalie Mullins : Yes, I am. I am a big one!

• Dewey Finn : [alerted that Miss Mullins is approaching, Dewey starts writing on the chalkboard]  ... And therefore, E=MC2. Oh, Miss Mullins, come in.

  Rosalie Mullins : I'm sorry to interupt but Miss Lemmons said she heard music coming from the classroom.

  Dewey Finn : Music? Uh, music. I haven't heard any music. Uh oh, you know what, Miss Lemmons must be on crack, right, kids?

  Rosalie Mullins : Uh, well, what's that?

  [points at his electric guitar] 

  Dewey Finn : Oh, that. Yeah. We were singing. We were singing and learning. We were learning in sing-song.

• Freddy Jones : I'm just saying, name two great chick drummers.

  Katie : Sheila E.? Meg White from the White Stripes?

  Freddy Jones : [winces]  She can't drum!

  Katie : She's a better drummer than you! At least, she has rhythm.

  [Miss Mullins passes and realizes that Freddy has rolled up his sleeves and spiked his hair] 

  Rosalie Mullins : Freddy! Where are your sleeves? And what have you done to your hair?

  Freddy Jones : It's called punk.

  Rosalie Mullins : Well, it's not school uniform.

  [She pulls his left sleeve down, and he turns away with a rebellious expression. Frankie, Michelle and Eleni have observed this] 

  Frankie : Miss Mullins, you're the Man.

  Rosalie Mullins : Thank you, Frankie!

  [Frankie and the other students giggle behind her back] 

• Dewey Finn : Miss Mullins, would like to get a cup of coffee with me?

  Rosalie Mullins : You'd like me to get a coffee with you?

  Dewey Finn : Yeah, I would.

  [cuts to a waiter holding beers] 

  Rosalie Mullins : Are you sure you don't sell coffee here?

  Waiter : [in squeaky accent]  Uh-huh, I'm quite sure.

• Michelle : Mr. S? We came up with some names for the band.

  Dewey Finn : All right, hit me.

  Eleni : The Bumblebees?

  Dewey Finn : No, it's too sissy.

  Eleni : The Koala Bears?

  Dewey Finn : No, what are you talking about? It's too sissy.

  [sees Miss Mullins arriving] 

  Dewey Finn : Hey, Miss Mullins.

  Michelle : How about, Pig Rectum?

  Rosalie Mullins : [shocked]  Michelle!

  Dewey Finn : It's a science project.

• [backstage] 

  Female Security Guard : Sorry. To get in, you've got to be in a band or have a pass.

  Rosalie Mullins : I am principal of the school's band.

  Female Security Guard : [surprised]  Oh, right on.

  Rosalie Mullins : All right? All right? All right? All right?

• Rosalie Mullins : The thing is, Mr. Schneebly...

  Dewey Finn : Please... call me Dewey.

  Rosalie Mullins : [confused]  Dewey?

  Dewey Finn : [realising his mistake]  Ned. Ned. I was thinking of my other name. My middle name.

• [Dewey plays the song in the jukebox] 

  Rosalie Mullins : I LOVE THIS SONG!

  Dewey Finn : Really?

  Rosalie Mullins : Yes! Stevie Nicks!

  Dewey Finn : Yeah... Stevie!

  Rosalie Mullins : You know, she came to town and she did a concert and she was just so... wild! Oh my gosh! Oh!

  Dewey Finn : Yeah, she put on the best show I've ever seen. And she is so much better live than she is on the album!

  Rosalie Mullins : Yes, oh my gosh! No comparison!

  Dewey Finn : You know, I'd like to take the kids to a concert.

  Rosalie Mullins : Concert?

  Dewey Finn : There is one at the end of the month... but you have a policy about field trips.

  Rosalie Mullins : Would it be... educational?

  Dewey Finn : Would it be educational? It would be VERY educational. They play Beethoven and Mozart and stuff.

  Rosalie Mullins : Maybe we can make an exception!

  Dewey Finn : YES!

  Rosalie Mullins , Dewey Finn : [singing Stevie Nicks' song while doing a high five]  Sings a song, sounds like she's singing whooo! Baby whoo! Said whooo!

  Rosalie Mullins : Well I went today, maybe I will go again... TOMORROW!

• Dewey Finn : Uh, how long is the job?

  Rosalie Mullins : My guess is, as much as a few weeks, but we do need somebody to start immediately.

  Dewey Finn : Mmm-hmm. So how much are we talkin' here?

  Rosalie Mullins : We pay our substitutes $650 a week. Now, do you know when Mr. Schneebly will be back?

  Dewey Finn : Hold on a sec... Oh, you know what? I think he's just comin' in right about... NED, PHONE!

  [Dewey plays with the phone cord for a few seconds, as though he passes it] 

  Dewey Finn : [speaks in a deep voice]  Hello, this is Ned Schneebly.

• Rosalie Mullins : Mr. Schneebly... This is considered the best elementary school in the state and we maintain that reputation by adhering a strict code of conduct, faculty including.

  Dewey Finn : You don't have to worry about me because I'm a hard-ass. And if a kid gets out of line, I got no problem smacking them in the head.

  Rosalie Mullins : No, no. We don't use corporal punishment here.

  Dewey Finn : Okay, so just... verbal abuse?

  Rosalie Mullins : If you have any problems with any of your students, send them to me. I will do the disciplining.

• Rosalie Mullins : [confronting Dewey after their 'Battle of the Bands' performance, aggressively hugs him and screams both her anger and adulation]  That was INCREDIBLE! Oh my gosh, the light shows, the guitar solos and... What it REALLY you playing?

  Dewey Finn : So are you not mad with me?

  Rosalie Mullins : [venting her anger and adulation]  MAD? I'm FURIOUS! I'm HORRIFIED! But your show and performance was so INCREDIBLE, SPECTACULAR and so AMAZING! You guys were so great, I can't believe it.

• Dewey Finn : Oh man, I would love to take the kids to a concert.

  Rosalie Mullins : Concert?

  Dewey Finn : Yeah. There's one at the end of the month that would be perfect. The philharmonic. They do the classics. They do Beethoven, Mozart... Enya. That kind of stuff.

• Rosalie Mullins : I must say, I find your methods of teaching very unusual.

  Dewey Finn : Well, I did study with Dr. Errol Von Sraussenburger... becken.

  Rosalie Mullins : Who?

  Dewey Finn : Oh, you don't know him? Oh, he's, like, one of the leading leaders in... unusual methods.

• [the parents begin berating Mullins for hiring Dewey] 

  Tomika's Mother : How could you let our children be exposed to this impostor, this maniac?

  Zack's Father : Do you...? Do you just let anyone walk off the street and teach here?

  [the parents begin shouting at the same time] 

  Rosalie Mullins : Let me assure you that nothing is more important to us than to feel that your children are in a safe and secure environment.

  [the parents continue shouting over each other] 

• [Dewey and Rosalie arrive at Horace Green for Parents Night] 

  Dewey Finn : Okay, I don't think I can go in there.

  Rosalie Mullins : What's wrong?

  Dewey Finn : Roz... I'm not a teacher.

  Rosalie Mullins : Oh, Ned, a substitute is a teacher.

  Dewey Finn : No, no, I'm not a teacher. I'm a fraud.

  Rosalie Mullins : [disagrees]  No! You're not! You're a dedicated, talented teacher, and those parents are gonna love you! Now, just get in there, and tell those parents what you've been teaching their kids.