Glee, Season 3

Rachel:
Madame Tibideaux, hello. I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's me, Rachel Berry.

Carmen Tibideaux:
(groans)

Rachel:
I'm sorry, I realize that I've been a little persistent, but I'm just...

Carmen Tibideaux:
I am a very busy woman. Every moment I spend deleting yet another one of your voicemails about lost hopes and dreams takes time away from another student. What makes you think that you are entitled to any more attention than other hundreds of people I see with the same hopes and dreams?

Rachel:
No. I'm so sorry. I don't mean to take time away from them.

Carmen Tibideaux:
But you do. And I'm tired of it.

Tina:
Ms. Tibideaux, I know exactly how you feel. Rachel Berry is a pain in the ass. What she wants, she gets. And I've spent a lot of time resenting her for it. But the fact is, she gets it because she's exceptional. Not just the voice, which is sick, but the focus, the drive. How often do you come across the real deal?

Carmen Tibideaux:
The "real deal" that couldn't remember the words to the song?

Tina:
Which was as rare as a Bigfoot sighting. She had an off day, and that decides her whole future?

Rachel:
Ms. Tibideaux, I realize that I'm asking you to take me into special consideration, but let me ask you. You've had an amazing career, did you get their by playing it safe? Please, we're performing our Nationals in Chicago, and we saw that you're going to be singing there at the Lyric Opera. And before you close the door, I just, I need you to hear me sing. I have to. There's nothing that I'm as good at or as passionate about or that brings me that much joy. And I think that that sets me apart.

Carmen Tibideaux:
And I think it's time for you and your friend to go.

Rachel:
Okay, but I just want you to know that... I'll see you again next year. And every year after that until I get in. Didn't I read somewhere that you that you auditioned for Juilliard four times? Thank you.