Penn Badgley: Joel Larsen

Quotes 

• Pat Brody : Actually, Joel is asking Holly Kent to go to the dance with him!

  Isabelle Meyers : Joel...

  Joel Larsen : "Joel..." what?

  Isabelle Meyers : You want the truth?

  Joel Larsen : YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

  [Pat and Isabelle looks freaked] 

  Joel Larsen : God, I hate it when my best roles haven't even happened yet.

• Joel Larsen : It's all about the timing. Everyone knows you don't ask a girl out when her friends are around.

  [Todd comes in] 

  Isabelle Meyers : [aggressively]  What do you want?

  Todd York : Do you wanna go to the Valentine's dance with me?

  Isabelle Meyers : Okay.

  [Joel looks beaten] 

• Joel Larsen : Dad, Mom is not gonna let you play poker on Valentine's Day.

  Bill Larsen : She's not?

  Joel Larsen : No, she's not!

  Karen Larsen : That's right! I already sent a card, telling me how much I love myself.

• Joel Larsen : God, I only have five minutes left!

  Pat Brody : Joel, my boy, you do this now, or you regret it for the next twenty years!

  Joel Larsen : You're right. After all, you only live twice.

• Holly Kent : Hey, Gary. Who are you here with?

  Gary Ross : I'm here by myself.

  [looks at Joel] 

  Gary Ross : For now.

  Joel Larsen : Oh, I'm flattered, Gary, but I already have a date.

• Joel Larsen : [about dating Holly]  Everyone's watching us. I feel like Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, taking Julia Roberts to the Oscars.

• Joel Larsen : For 20 years, I dreamed of this night, ending it with Holly and me holding hands, walking out in the moonlight, and a soft kiss good night.

  Pat Brody : Well, I'll take the walk. I'll... I'll even hold your hand. But I don't kiss on the first date.

• [last lines] 

  Isabelle Meyers : Where have you two been? I want a picture with my boys.

  [going arm in arm with them] 

  Joel Larsen : I forgot to mention, you look amazing tonight.

  Isabelle Meyers : Well, thank you, Joel Larsen.

  [they walk up to the scene where the photos are taken] 

  Pat Brody : NO! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

  [removes the tux and takes the photo in his Steve Wagner outfit]