Center Stage

Jody Sawyer:
She's so good.

Eva:
Yeah, just ask her.

Maureen Cummings:
I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you? Nobody.

Sergei:
I am your slave.

Eva Rodriguez:
I'd believe it if you didn't stare at your f***ing reflection when you said it.

Maureen Cummings:
Erik got injured today. And do you know the first thing I thought when I saw him go down?

Jim Gordon:
What?

Maureen Cummings:
"I wish that was me." So that made me think, you know, 'cause that's not a normal reaction. How much of what you liked about me was because I was a ballet dancer, and how much because I was me?

Eva Rodriguez:
I screwed up any chance I had back in September. But I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and I'm gonna keep on dancing long after it. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.

Anna:
Did you see how *on* I was tonight?

Jody Sawyer:
Mom. Oh, I'm so happy you guys are here.

Mr. Sawyer:
We wanted to see what you've been up to this past year. And I've gotta tell you, that was the most fantastic thing I've ever seen.

Mrs. Sawyer:
It was great, honey. And just - just wonderful.

Jody Sawyer:
You wanna know something stupid? I'd actually started to believe I didn't need to hear that anymore.

Eva Rodriguez:
A girl's got a right to know what kind of hound she's saving herself for.

Jody:
Cooper, you're an amazing dancer, and you're a great choreographer, but as a boyfriend... you kinda suck.

Eva Rodriguez:
Truth? In terms on technique, you are behind. But the people here know what they're looking for. And on the day of you audition, they saw it. In you.

Jody Sawyer:
Now all they see is the wrong body type.

Eva Rodriguez:
What, did you go to a special b*tch academy or something?

Eva:
What a prick.

Jody:
But he was really nice about it.

Eva:
Being nice when you say something pricky is even prickier.

Erik Jones:
I do ballet because it has nothing to do with the people. Give me tiaras and boys in tights any day.

Erik Jones:
That's Sergei, that's Jody, that's Eva, I'm Erik, and you're cute...

Jim Gordon:
Have you seen my girlfriend? Tall, Thin, legs for days?

Eva:
Yeah I pitched her overboard.

Charlie:
Are you asking me out?

Jody:
Well... yeah. Are you saying yes?

Charlie:
I guess so... yeah.

Maureen Cummings:
I'm just trying to be honest. That's what friends do.

Eva:
I guess that would explain why you have so many friends.

Maureen Cummings:
It's your dream . . and it means more to you than it ever did to me.

Maureen Cummings:
That's what ballet would be . . a life of wishing that I found something I loved, instead of something I just happened to be good at. I'm not you, Mom. You didn't have the feet. I don't have the heart.

Erik Jones:
My stage name is Erik O'Jones after Oprah. She's my idol.

Eva:
So, you know the story with this Maureen chick?

Sergei:
Your living with Maureen? Oh, good luck.

Eva:
Big time b*tch?

Sergei:
Biggest time.

Eva:
Careful with that one. You break it, you bought it.

Kathleen:
You are in big trouble.

Cooper:
She's in my ballet.

Kathleen:
Oh please... she's a heartbeat away from tattooing your name on her ass...

Jody:
That class, I mean, how come I can't dance like that in my ABA class?

Cooper:
Because ABA has a great big stick up its ass?

Maureen Cummings:
I've got priorities. I mean, you only get to be a dancer for ten years - maybe fifteen if you don't get injured, so for the next five years at least...

Jim Gordon:
Hey, all I'm asking for is a date...

Charlie:
Dance what you feel.

Maureen Cummings:
Look, you're a smart girl, Jody. If you turn in your application now, you can still get into a good college.

Jody Sawyer:
But... I don't want to go to college. I want to dance.

Maureen Cummings:
Yeah? Well so do a lot of people.

Erik Jones:
Where are you going?

Eva:
We're going out for a smoke

Erik Jones:
Come downstairs, it's Marlboro country!