Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Jennifer Jason Leigh: Selena St. George
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Quotes
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Selena St. George : Eighteen years ago, my father drank a bottle of scotch and fell down a well. Detective Mackey didn't think it was an accident, which is... why we're here today.
Det. John Mackey : And what do you think, Selena?
Selena St. George : I think I owe you an apology. I called you a son of a bitch. You said you thought we were a lot alike, and you were right. We both spent the past 18 years prosecuting this woman. We came out here- I know I did- believing she was guilty. We forgot this case is about Vera Donovan. Not my father.
Det. John Mackey : And what if it wasn't an accident?
Selena St. George : Look. It's been 18 years. I don't know what this has done to you, but let me tell you, it's consumed me. I have lived with this every day of my life. Every day. I was wrong and I won't do it anymore. And if I can say that, my God, can't you?
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Selena St. George : That is the last guy in the world you want to make an enemy out of.
Dolores Claiborne : I ain't makin' one, I'm *keepin'* one.
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Selena St. George : I don't know how to feel about what you did... maybe I never will, Mom. But I know, I know you did it for me.
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Dolores Claiborne : It was just a bad patch.
Selena St. George : I had a fucking nervous breakdown, mother!
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Dolores Claiborne : You must have boyfriends. Beautiful girl like you, smart and out in the world... You tellin' me there's nobody?
Selena St. George : I'm telling you there's a *lot* of nobodies.
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Selena St. George : [referring to her mother's relationship with Vera Donovan] These two women loved each other!
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Selena St. George : [to her boss, Peter] So not only are you not fucking me now, you're fucking me.
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Dolores Claiborne : [to Selena, who is frantically taking pills] How is that going to help?
Selena St. George : Because in ten minutes, I'm gonna be fine.
Dolores Claiborne : Selena...
Selena St. George : *Just give me ten minutes*!
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Selena St. George : [when getting in the car to leave her mother] I'm sorry, Mother... Sometimes being a bitch is the only thing a woman has to hold onto.