The Facts of Life (TV Series)

Fear Strikes Back (1981)

Mindy Cohn: Natalie Green

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Quotes 

• Edna Garrett : [Natalie comes in with her jacket torn]  Natalie!

  Blair Warner : What happened?

  Natalie Green : I was coming home and I knew it was late, so I was hurrying. I wasn't far, Mrs. Garrett. I was almost home!

  Blair Warner : Natalie, what happened?

  Natalie Green : A man grabbed me and I tried to scream, but he covered my mouth!

  Edna Garrett : My God!

  Natalie Green : He pushed me down and he was holding me down. And all of a sudden, I heard people's voices. He must've heard them too because he got up and ran away. Mrs. Garrett, if those people hadn't passed by... Mrs. Garrett, I was almost home!

• Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Boy, Natalie, the next time you ask me to walk home with you, make sure I wear my track shoes.

  Natalie Green : It was getting dark.

  Jo Polniaczek : At noon? You're right. You never know when a total eclipse is just going to sneak up on you.

  Natalie Green : Sure, you can make jokes, but I've had my eyes opened. I know my limitations. I don't think any of you know what it's like to be a woman.

  Blair Warner : You're kidding, I'm sure?

  Natalie Green : It means that you're weak and helpless, and you don't have a chance out there.

  Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : I wonder how much a sex change costs?

• Natalie Green : You can all go to the city and pretend like nothing's happened, but I can't. I know what's out there.

  Jo Polniaczek : The world is out there, Natalie! Remember the world? You used to like it.

• Natalie Green : I think this is great, it's all very entertaining, it just doesn't happen this way.

  Blair Warner : [all the girls heckle her]  The man's an expert.

  Natalie Green : Well I'm an expert too! And when it happened to me, NONE of this would've helped, there was NOTHING I could do to stop it!

  Self-Defense Instructor : How about before it happened?

  Natalie Green : What do you mean?

  Self-Defense Instructor : Was it night?

  Natalie Green : Yes.

  Self-Defense Instructor : Did you ask someone to walk with you?

  Natalie Green : No.

  Self-Defense Instructor : Did you stick to a well lighted path?

  Natalie Green : No.

  Self-Defense Instructor : You used a shortcut?

  Natalie Green : Yeah but I've done it a...

  Self-Defense Instructor : Did you at least listen for footsteps? Check the area for strangers?

• Self-Defense Instructor : Does anybody have a purse?

  Lucy : [lifts hers up]  Here, it's a mess.

  Self-Defense Instructor : May I?

  [dumps out contents] 

  Self-Defense Instructor : There are a lot of things in a purse that can help you. A good place to go for is the throat, keys,

  [stabs the air] 

  Self-Defense Instructor : pencil, hairbrush, or even this.

  Natalie Green : A lollipop?

  Self-Defense Instructor : [holds it with stick pointed up]  You hold it like this and it becomes a dangerous weapon.

  Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Killer candy!

  Self-Defense Instructor : Listen, when you're really in trouble, all you need is something, anything that will give you that extra few seconds so you can just get away.

• Blair Warner : You realize of course you'll have to pick someone else.

  Jo Polniaczek : Not on your life. I already got my leather jacket, my boots, and come this Friday night, I'll be Easy Rider.

  Blair Warner : You can't go as Peter Fonda. He's a man!

  Natalie Green : She was always a whiz at biology.

  Jo Polniaczek : It's not Peter Fonda. It's what he represents: bikes, freedom.

• Natalie Green : I bet everybody in your town knew everyone else and you never even bothered locking your door.

  Edna Garrett : You're right.

  Natalie Green : And you were never afraid.

  Edna Garrett : Oh I was afraid, especially of the lightning.

  Natalie Green : Lightning has nothing to do with a man coming at you from the bushes.

  Edna Garrett : Of course not, Natalie, but fear is fear. it has to be overcome. Natalie, you don't really wanna hide behind a locked door all your life?

• Edna Garrett : Come with me to the safety class tonight.

  Natalie Green : Why should I?

  Edna Garrett : Because you'll be doing something. You feel helpless, right? Then take some action. Help yourself.

• Edna Garrett : Well, Natalie, what do you think? Does any of this make sense?

  Natalie Green : I guess I should've gone home with the party with the other girls. You know, I had that cane for my Charlie Chaplin costume. Maybe I could've used that.

  Edna Garrett : Maybe. At least it's an option. That's what these classes are giving us.

  Natalie Green : Okay, I've got options, but I'm still afraid.

  Edna Garrett : Natalie, everybody's afraid. These are crazy crazy times, but life is still sweet. Don't let your fear paralyze you. Use it to make you alert, aware and smart.

• Edna Garrett : [about the women's safety course]  Defense is part of it. Anybody interested?

  Natalie Green : Not me. I have a silly aversion to being hurled over someone's shoulders.

  Edna Garrett : But who knows? Maybe you'll have a chance to do some hurling.

  Jo Polniaczek : Ah, then count me in!

• Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Hey, what movie star are you guys going to the party as?

  Blair Warner : Only the most dynamic woman in the world today. Jane Fonda.

  Natalie Green : Jane Fonda? Why are you going as Jane Fonda?

  Blair Warner : Because she's committed, she's dedicated, and she's liberated.

  [proudly:] 

  Blair Warner : Like me. Besides,

  [admires herself in the mirror] 

  Blair Warner : someone is already going as Bo Derek.

  [winks at her mirror image]