Dallas (TV Series)
The Silent Killer (1979)
Linda Gray: Sue Ellen Ewing
Quotes
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Sue Ellen Ewing : Don't you think we have talked about me quite long enough? How was California?
Kristin Shepard : [smirks] Well, pleasant. We were in a lovely apartment hotel. But the men there were so... unsubstantial.
[smirks again]
Kristin Shepard : The ones I met were either married, in therapy, gay... or all three.
[sits down]
Sue Ellen Ewing : Poor Kristin. Always on the prowl. Don't you know that the best way to find a man is not to look too hard? Let the right man find you.
[shakes her head]
Sue Ellen Ewing : And for a woman right now,
[shakes her head]
Sue Ellen Ewing : it's not so bad on her own.
Kristin Shepard : [smirks] Would you like to live alone?
Sue Ellen Ewing : My marriage is very important to me. I just sometimes think that the single life would be very uncomplicated.
Kristin Shepard : How?
Sue Ellen Ewing : Enjoy it while you can, Kristin. Think of it as a time, uh,
[shakes her head]
Sue Ellen Ewing : to try new things, make your own mistakes, not have to answer to anyone for them.
Kristin Shepard : Well... I wouldn't hesitate to trade a little freedom and privacy for the position and power a woman gains from being married to a man like J.R. Ewing.
Sue Ellen Ewing : [with disdain] You are very young, Kristin. But Mama has trained you well.
[rises, starts leaving]
Sue Ellen Ewing : I'm, uh, very tired right now.
Kristin Shepard : [as she leaves, in faked pleasant tone:] Miss Ellie's invited us to stay for dinner. Will you be coming down?
Sue Ellen Ewing : Why, Kristin? Were you thinking of occupying my chair?
Kristin Shepard : Somebody will... if you don't pull yourself together.
[leaves]
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Sue Ellen Ewing : The child is my punishment, J.R. He reminds me that I was used by two cruel men and that I let my emotions get in the way of my good sense.
J.R. Ewing : Well I've accepted the child, now surely...
Sue Ellen Ewing : [interrupting] J.R., you have always been too generous with your affections. It is your one big fault.