Boys and Girls (2000)
Freddie Prinze Jr.: Ryan Walker
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Quotes
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Ryan : What?
Jennifer : What? This. This, what is this?
Ryan : I don't know! Nothing's going on.
Jennifer : Really? Because I just ran into Megan and she told me that you broke up with her. Is that what this is about? Because I thought I told you not to tell her anything.
Ryan : Yeah, I know.
Jennifer : Well are you upset?
Ryan : No!
Jennifer : So what's going on?
Ryan : I don't know! Things are different.
Jennifer : But I thought we talked about that. Ryan, I thought that we said that we didn't want anything to be different. I thought we said that having sex was just a huge mistake and - and I mean, I mean it was weeks ago now, I thought we'd go back to being just friends, I thought that that would just...
Ryan : Why was it a mistake?
Jennifer : What?
Ryan : You and me. Why was that a mistake? I'm curious.
Jennifer : I thought we talked about it, what - you wanna go over it again?
Ryan : No, you wanna talk - let's talk. Was it a mistake because anything that even comes close to real intimacy freaks you out? Or just that I'm not good enough for you?
Jennifer : Ryan, you - you kissed me and - and I responded. But I wouldn't have done it if I thought it was gonna end our friendship.
Ryan : And neither would I.
Jennifer : Ryan, if I could take it all back, I would.
Ryan : Take it. It's yours. Put it on the shelf with all your other one-night stands.
Jennifer : Why are you doing this?
Ryan : Look, that night was as much a surprise to me as it was to you. But being with you was like going to a place that I had never been before. And after you fell asleep I just laid there, staring up at those cheap fluorescent stars you have stuck on your ceiling, and - after a while they just started forming a pattern, this weird glow-in-the-dark pattern that linked together our entire relationship. And for the first time everything seemed clear to me - like one logical progression. It felt like you and I were the greatest plan ever made and I had nothing to do with it. Being with you made me feel that maybe I didn't have to keep planning anymore because it felt like I was actually living. And that for once in my life I wouldn't have to work so hard at being happy. That it could just happen. Nothing will ever hurt me as much as your reaction to that same experience.
Jennifer : Ryan...
Ryan : What, what - you wanna go hang out at the library and pretend like nothing happened? I can't do that.
Jennifer : I'm sorry. I'm sorry - I don't know what to say.
Ryan : Look, you don't have to say anything. I have to go. Have fun in Italy.
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Hunter : Whadda they want?
Ryan : Who?
Hunter : They. Them. The chiquitas. You know, I'm bustin' my ass out there trying to fit into their little mold of what makes an interesting, sexy guy, and I can not figure out what they want.
Ryan : What do YOU want?
Hunter : Gee, I dunno. Get laid. Have fun. Have someone love me for who I am.
Ryan : Oh-ho. And, uh, who is that, exactly?
Hunter : You're... you're right. You are absolutely right. I mean, what... what's wrong with being from the country, huh? A simple kid raised on fresh eggs and good values who had to get up at the crack of dawn every morning with a three-legged dog named Lucky by his side to help his pa with the cattle.
Ryan : Hunter.
Hunter : Yeah?
Ryan : You're not from the country.
Hunter : Ah! Jeez, Ryan, wha... what do you want me to say? "Hi, my name is Steve. I grew up in the suburbs with two working parents, two sisters and a two-car garage. I have no real identity, nor do I have a clue what I'm doing or what I want to be. Wanna go out?"
Ryan : [pause] Your name is Steve?
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Hunter : [upon hearing Ryan and Betty broke up] Well, this is great news. Now you and me can hit the circuit.
Ryan : [correcting] You and I.
Hunter : Right.
Ryan : I don't think so.
Hunter : No, believe me, it's way easier with two of us. You see, you pretend to be my idiot cousin, and for the weekend, all of a sudden - I'm sensitive. You get drunk, start coming on too strong and I beat the shit out of you - I'm masculine.
Ryan : I don't think I'm ready for that.
Hunter : Well, we can trade off. You can hit me first.
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Ryan : I think too many differences make relationships impossible.
Jennifer : Michael and I didn't agree on anything. Ever. That's what I loved about it. We fought, shouted, had sex. I mean, that's what I miss.
Ryan : That doesn't sound like a very healthy relationship.
Jennifer : Yeah, but what do you know about healthy relationships?
Ryan : Excuse me?
