Russian Dolls (2005)

Kelly Reilly: Wendy

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• Wendy : I know you're not always perfect. I know you have tons of problems, defects, imperfections... but who doesn't? It's just that I prefer your problems. I'm in love with your imperfections. Your imperfections are just great!

  [...] 

  Wendy : I know most girls they get weak on their knees for what's beautiful, you know, that's all they see, that's all they want. But I'm not like that. I don't just see what's beautiful. I fall for the other stuff. I love what's not perfect. It's just how I am.

• Wendy : Maybe the day to day dirt is part of love.

• Wendy : This is the best view of London. You see the London Eye there?

  Xavier : Oh... Where is Oxford Street.

  Wendy : Are you alright?

  Xavier : I don't know... I don't feel great. Are you going to this flamenco concert?

  Wendy : I don't know. Why not?

  Xavier : Oh.

  Wendy : What's wrong?... Look I can see something's wrong. What's wrong?

  Xavier : [grabs Wendy and kisses her]  That's what's wrong.

• Wendy : [watching Natacha dance]  Now which one...?

  William : That one there. Look.

  Wendy : The one on the end?

  William : No. Look. Right... Second from the left.

  Xavier : The blonde one?

  Wendy : But they're all blonde!

  William : That one! See, look. Second from the left. That one.

  Xavier : Right. Yeah. Ok. I see her.

  Wendy : They all look the same.

  William : No, they don't. She's a great dancer.

  Xavier : Who?

• Xavier : No, it's difficult. It's not the same in the story and in real life.

  Wendy : So then tell me more about real life. I wanna know what really happened to you. What actually made you fall in love with one specific girl-why her in particular?

  Xavier : Okay. So. Do you remember Neus?

  Wendy : Yes.

  Xavier : So, she came to Paris to study one year after we left Barcelona. My idea had been to take a little stroll to show her Paris. As time went on, I sensed we didn't want to separate. We didn't want just a little stroll. We wanted a much longer stroll. At one moment, I don't know why. I don't know how, this happened.

  [They hesitantly hold hands] 

  Xavier : I felt her hand say, "Really? Are you sure?" And my hands said, "I'm sure. I want to, and I sense you do, too."

• Xavier : So who should say I love you?

  Wendy : You should say I love you

  Xavier : No, you sould say I love you

• William : This is known as the street of "ideal proportions." It's 25 meters high, 25 meters wide, and 250 meters long. Personally, I don't see what's so ideal about it. The Russians are obsessed with the - they're obsessed with things being ideal, you know?

  Natacha : It's not true.

  William : Yes, it is darling. Well, it's not a bad thing. I mean, you know, English people, we've got some bad habits as well. I mean do you remember - Wendy, do you remember your boyfriend, the American one? What was his name? Bruce.

  Wendy : Yes.

  William : Right, well, I was talking to him one day, and he said to me, "Problem with you English guys is, you're always saying 'I'm sorry.' All the time, you're saying 'I'm sorry about this, I'm sorry about that.'" And you know what? It's actually true. We do say "I'm sorry" too much. What can I say? We're sorry. I said to him, "I'm sorry about that. I apologize. But that's it, you know? Nobody's perfect."