Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story (1994 TV Movie)

Dennis Boutsikaris: Screenplay writer

Quotes 

• Screenplay writer : How do I write this? Sometimes I think this could be a fairy tale.

  Screenplay writer : One of those strange, dark tales where monsters eat little children. And it would begin the usual way: Once upon a time there were two little girls...

  Screenplay writer : Oh, they loved to skate. But there came a day when joy and love were not enough.

• Screenplay writer : If all the rumours and all the speculation was true, how could it come to pass that one young woman could be so desperate for an Olympic medal that she would try to maim the competition?

• Screenplay writer : Imagine how it would feel to know that 100 million people want you to fall. Imagine how it would feel knowing that, if you fall, you would fail 100 million people. Tonya and Nancy.

  Screenplay writer : We imprisoned them both in images that we use to sell soup, newspapers, Olympic Games, and TV movies.

  Screenplay writer : They're victims of those the media serve, they're victims of us.

  Screenplay writer : "Tonya the Bad". One Tokyo promoter tried to get her to wrestle on the Japanese circuit for millions of dollars, as "Tonya the Terrible". See, some fairy tales don't have a happy ending.