Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)

P.O.V. (2004)

Amber Tamblyn: Joan Girardi

Quotes 

• Joan Girardi : So, who else blew off Trig?

  Judith Montgomery : Me.

  Adam Rove : I did.

  Joan Girardi : Excuses?

  Judith Montgomery : Apathy.

  Adam Rove : Art project, internship. It made no sense.

  Judith Montgomery : You?

  Joan Girardi : "Behind the Music" marathon. Grand Funk Railroad. So tragic. Their manager took all their money, and now I've never heard of them.

• Adam Rove : I just got to drop some stuff in my locker, then we can start putting my sculpture together.

  Joan Girardi : Oh! Wait, I can't. I have my first appointment with the college counselor today.

  Judith Montgomery : He is so scary. He actually licks his lips when he mentions Princeton.

  Joan Girardi : Yeah, well, I'll be lucky if he mentions college.

• Pretentious Filmmaker God : Interested in a videography project? It's a chance to document how you see the world.

  Joan Girardi : Uh, fascinating, but no.

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : It may even fulfill some of that extracurricular stuff you're lacking, Joan.

  Joan Girardi : [glancing at the banner behind him]  So, you work for public television now?

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : Mmm. I just volunteer. Sometimes I work the phone banks.

  [offering a video camera] 

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : How about it?

  Joan Girardi : Look, you know everything. You know my schedule. I'm a junior in high school. I only have time to pee on the weekends.

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : It's a stressful time. Sometimes, taking a step back, seeing life through the lens lets you see things clearer. Beats napping.

• Joan Girardi : Oh! Cut!

  Luke Girardi : Please stop yelling "cut".

  Joan Girardi : Wardrobe! Dad, I can't shoot you in that sweater. Everyone will actually think that's what you're like.

  Will Girardi : It's my lucky sweater. Kevin, we have a 7:30 tee time! Today, I'm gonna play like Tiger Woods. When he played like Tiger Woods.

• Adam Rove : I can't talk to you like this, okay?

  Joan Girardi : Adam. Yes, you can. Just act natural.

  Grace Polk : [approaching]  That's an oxymoron. The minute you turn on the camera, you're distorting reality. It's Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

  Joan Girardi : You sound like my brother.

  Grace Polk : Then I will shut up. And I will walk away.

• Judith Montgomery : Hey, Joanith. Say hi to your peeps.

  Joan Girardi : What are you doing?

  Judith Montgomery : I'm videoing you videoing Adam. It's a total post-modern Warhol thing.

• Joan Girardi : I know how weird it is to be photographed, so I thought I could make it a little easier if I just kinda, you know, told you what to do.

  Adam Rove : How is that a documentary?

  Joan Girardi : I'm supposed to document how I see things. You're a part of that. I wanna show the world what kind of couple we are.

  Adam Rove : The world?

  Joan Girardi : Okay. Public television. I know people don't really watch it, but if I do good at this, we could get free tote bags. Look, now just walk towards me and talk about all the things you like about us.

  Adam Rove : [uncomfortably]  Jane, I...

  Joan Girardi : All right, that's good, but with more feeling.

• Joan Girardi : This was definitely one of your worst ideas.

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : Aw. You didn't like what you saw.

  Joan Girardi : No! And it created even more stress. Look, just take the camera back, okay? And let them run a documentary where the lions eat the antelopes, because that would be the same as watching my life.

  Pretentious Filmmaker God : You've gotta look below the surface. Sometimes what you see is just a mask for something much deeper. I mean, the Italian neo-realist filmmakers found truth by...

  Joan Girardi : Shh! Save it, Ebert.

• Helen Girardi : I thought you'd be out with Adam and Judith.

  Joan Girardi : Can't I spend a little bit of quality time by myself? Do I have to be around a million people all the time?

  Helen Girardi : No. Are you okay?

  Joan Girardi : Are you? Listening to Peter Frampton? That's kind of pathetic. According to "Behind the Music", his career took a nosedive in 1978.

• Garbage Man God : [after a fight with Judith, Joan is scrubbing graffiti]  They never think somebody else is gonna have to clean it up.

  Joan Girardi : Yeah, well, I'm that somebody else for a week.

  Garbage Man God : Price is tough, but you did go a little over the line, Joan.

  Joan Girardi : You said to look below the surface. I tried. But I was wrong about everything.

  Garbage Man God : Well, perception depends on how you see, not just what you see. You know, white light contains all the colors of the rainbow, but you'd never know it unless you change the way you look at it.

  Joan Girardi : They were hugging. Okay? That's all I saw. Just... it hurt so much.

  Garbage Man God : And it stopped you from seein' all the colors. So there was no light.

  Joan Girardi : There was just so much coming at me, you know?

  Garbage Man God : I know. Just make sure you take it all in. Let yourself be dazzled, Joan.