America's Sweethearts (2001)
John Cusack: Eddie Thomas
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Quotes
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Wellness Guide : We have a saying, Edward: "Mecka lecka halava, beem sala beem."
Eddie : What is that? Bean salad?
Wellness Guide : "Mecka lecka halava, beem sala beem."
Eddie : What does that mean?
Wellness Guide : I don't know what it means, it's very old.
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Wellness Guide : This letter, Edward, is a very important part of the healing process. By writing to your mother, you afford yourself the opportunity to thank her, or forgive her, or to ask her why she did the things she did. Now we don't mail the letter, but the simple act of putting it on paper frees you, allows you to let go. Now... what did you say to your mother?
Eddie : [reading] "Dear Mom, Fuck you."
Wellness Guide : Okay. We'll try the letter some other time.
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Eddie : I tried to walk away, but the guy just kept pushing. So I hit him in the tray with my face.
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Eddie : [to Gwen] You're the devil.
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Eddie : Kiki! Hold on, hold on, I want to talk. Come on...
Kiki : Let go of me!
Eddie : Just... I want to talk to you!
Kiki : I don't want to talk to you!
Eddie : Why not?
Kiki : Because you're an idiot!
Eddie : Well?
Kiki : You know what? For that matter, I'm an idiot, too. In that respect, we're actually quite perfect for each other.
Eddie : This is a very complicated situation...
Kiki : Well, let me uncomplicate it for you, huh? Forget about what happened between us, Eddie. It's not going to work, all right? I mean, last night... last night was great. But then she calls you this morning, and you just cannot wait to get out the door to get to her! What is that? It's just not going to work, 'cause you will probably always be thinking about her, and I will probably always be wondering if you were thinking about her. I just... I just need you to know one thing.
Eddie : What?
Kiki : That woman that you saw by the pool the other night...
Eddie : Forget about that.
Kiki : No, that woman that you just have to spend the rest of your life with...
[beat]
Kiki : That was me.
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Eddie : [at the Junket Interview] Look, Byron, I want to be honest with you. Before I came down from the room, I took a half a pound of Vicodin, so I'm going to be really comfortable until about late March.
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Eddie : I blew it. I lost her.
Lee : Guy goes to his rabbi. He says, "I think my wife's trying to poison me." Rabbi says, "Let me talk to her." Comes back a little later and says, "Listen, I spoke to your wife for three hours. Take the poison." You get it? You and Gwen are over.
Eddie : I don't care about Gwen! I'm talking about Kiki.
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Eddie : How can you be in love with someone and not even like them at the same time?
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Maura Klein : [laughing] Oh, you are funny! How do you live with him, Gwen?
Eddie : [laughing] She doesn't! She lives with someone else!
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Gwen : You love me.
Eddie : Yes, I do. I do love you. I love that beautiful, bright, sexy woman up on the screen...
Gwen : [to the crowd] See? He loves me.
Eddie : Yeah, the girl I used to make movies with. But that's not the real you. That's you pretending to be real, which you're really good at. So when I'm with you in real life, I think I'm going to be with the real you, but I'm not. I'm with the real you that's with me right now, not the real you from the movies, and I don't want to be with... *you*.
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Lee : So, do you want to arrive first or second?
Eddie : Second.
Lee : Be right back.
[goes to Gwen's limo]
Lee : He wants to go second.
Kiki : Let him go second.
Gwen : He can go second. No, wait a minute. He should go first. I don't want to look like his opening act. I want to go second.
Kiki : She wants to go second.
Lee : Second it is.
[goes back to Eddie's limo]
Lee : She wants to go second.
Eddie : Fine, let her come second. I don't care. Let her come behind me. That way she'll be able to see the knife she stuck in my back.
Lee : Thank you.
Kiki : [back at Gwen's limo] Great! Second. We're all set.
Gwen : Who cares?
Kiki : She doesn't care.
Gwen : Yes, I do! I'm going first!
Eddie : [back at Eddie's limo] I don't care! I don't care! Why is this an issue?
Lee : I'm just trying to facilitate the...
Eddie : I don't care! Can we just get to the hotel?
Lee : You're going second.
Eddie : [rolling up the window] I don't care! I don't care! I don't care! I don't care! I don't care!
Lee : You're going second. Eddie? You're going second.
Eddie : [rolls down the window] I don't care.
Lee : Okay. Thank you.
[Eddie rolls up the window]
Lee : Well, that was easy.
Limo Driver : I don't know why we have to go second.
Eddie : JUST DRIVE THE CAR!
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Kiki : Look... I'm tired of making excuses. I'm done picking up dirty clothes. I'm done pretending that your life is my whole life. I'm just... I'm done.
Gwen : So what you're really worried about is you.
Kiki : [thinks for a second] Yes.
Gwen : Well, I... guess you're fired.
[Gwen darts a glance at the audience, then throws her arms around Kiki]
Gwen : Honey! You know all I care about is your happiness. You know that, right?
Kiki : Wow. Thank you, Gwen, that's very...
Gwen : [pulls away from Kiki and grabs the microphone] So don't worry about me, everybody. I'll be fine!
[audience applauds]
Eddie : You're unbelievable.
Gwen : Shut up!
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Gwen : Hello, Eddie.
Eddie : Hi, Gwen.
Gwen : I've been so worried about you.
Eddie : Have you been?
Gwen : Mmm-hmm.
Eddie : That's how it goes when your wife decides to shack up with somebody else.
[pause]
Eddie : Sorry. I've got a lot of anger I'm trying to deal with.
Gwen : I understand. You should get that out. Just... shake it out, throw it away.
Eddie : [dryly] That's great advice, thank you.
Gwen : Look, I know I have no right to ask you this, but...
Eddie : Ask me what?
Gwen : When we were doing the movie, were you fooling around with anybody?
Eddie : You're right. You've got no right to ask me that. And, no, for your information, I wasn't fooling around with anybody else.
Gwen : How about the girl who played your daughter?
Eddie : Are you out of your mind? What the hell's wrong with you, Gwen?
Gwen : You're very hostile.
Eddie : I can't imagine why!
Gwen : [sighs] This was a big mistake.
Eddie : No, it wasn't.
Gwen : Yes, it was. Look, tomorrow, let's just be professional and promote this movie, because, let's face it, at this point we both need this one to do well.
Eddie : I know *you* do.
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Kiki : Are you okay now?
Eddie : If you would have asked me a couple of hours ago, I would have said no. But something happened tonight that was really incredible. I was out walking by the cottages, and it was like Gwen was drawing me to her. And I just look over this wall, and there she was. She was standing by the pool, all dressed in white, like an angel in the desert. I thought to myself: "That's why you're here. You're supposed to win her back." No way she's gonna stay with Hector. I mean, there's no way. That's the woman I'm supposed to spend the rest of my life with.
Kiki : [slowly] Really? The... The... The woman by the pool?
Eddie : Gwen.
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Eddie : You probably read in People Magazine that I'm on Zoloft.
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Eddie : I'm grateful for the earth... I'm grateful for the stars and the sky...
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Eddie : Lee, I can't do this! I told you this was a mistake. She's very close to here, now, isn't she? She's in the next room, I can feel her.
Lee : No. She's in the cottage at the back of the property.
Eddie : [pause] I sensed that. She's close, man, she's real close.
Lee : No, she's not. The cottages are way back on the property. Way back.
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Eddie : This is Kishtonga Root!
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Wellness Guide : Are you comfortable speaking about Gwen?
Eddie : Think I should?
Wellness Guide : There's no "should".
Eddie : Think I can?
Wellness Guide : What is "can"?
