My So-Called Life (TV Series)

Dancing in the Dark (1994)

Claire Danes: Angela Chase

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• Angela : What I like, dread, is when people who know you in completely different ways end up in the same area. And you have to develop this, like, combination you on the spot.

• Angela : [after Jordan give her the fake i.d]  Wow, It looks real. Why does -

  [Jordan tries to kiss her] 

  Angela : . Hey. I'm- I'm sorry it's just ...

  Jordan : No

  Angela : I was talking.

  Jordan : No. Whatever.

  Angela : So how come -

  [Jordan tries to kiss her again] 

  Angela : Quit it! I mean you have to work up to that. I didn't open that wide at the dentist.

  Jordan : How old are you?

  Angela : I don't belive this. What is you point? Fifteen.

  Jordan : You act younger.

  Angela : First of all you don't know me well enough to say how old I seem. And second ...

  Jordan : You talk a lot.

  Angela : I have said like eight sentences to you my entire life.

  Jordan : [sigh]  This whole day has been on long, thing that makes no sense.

• Angela : See, there's thinking about him, right... which is what I do, all the time, like, like this...

  Rickie : Obsession.

  Rayanne : Right. So?

  Angela : So it keeps me going or something, like, I need it just to get through the day. It's, it's just...

  Rickie : It's an obsession.

  Angela : Right, and, and if you make it real, it's, it's not the same. It's not, it's not yours anymore. I, I don't know, maybe I'd rather have the fantasy, than even *him*.

  Rickie : I completely understand this.

  Rayanne : I totally and completely disagree. *You want* Jordan Catalano in actuality because... there is no because. You just *want* him. Only you're programmed to never admit it.

  Rickie : That does have the ring of truth.

• Jordan : How old are you?

  Angela : I don't believe this. What is your point?

  [pauses] 

  Angela : Fifteen.

  Jordan : You act younger.

  Angela : First of all, you don't know me well enough to say how old I seem. And second...

  Jordan : [interrupts]  You talk a lot.

  Angela : I've said like, 8 sentences to you my entire life.

  Jordan : This whole day has been one long thing that makes no sense.

• Angela : We both stopped talking. Part of his sleeve was touching my arm. I don't know if he knew. Then everything started to seem perferct for some reason. The feel of his shirt against my elbow, the fact that I still had an elbow. It was the perfect moment for him to kiss me, for him to anything me.

• Angela : I bet people can actually die of embarrassment. I bet it's been medically proven.

• Angela : It's so strange how parents can out of nowhere turn psychic. It's unnerving.

• Angela : My entire life became divided into kissing... and not kissing. Kissing... and not kissing.