Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Chiwetel Ejiofor: Ellis Moonsong

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Quotes 

• Ellis Moonsong : Why do things that start off so promisingly always have a way of ending up in the dump?

  Melinda : Not for everyone.

  Ellis Moonsong : Well, for anybody with any imagination. You know, life is manageable enough if you keep your hopes modest. The minute you allow yourself sweet dreams you run the risk of them crashing down.

• Ellis Moonsong : What do you want?

  Melinda : I want to want to live.

• Melinda : I was just rubbing this lamp hoping to change my life.

  Ellis Moonsong : Well, I believe in magic. In the end I think it's the only thing that can save us.

• Melinda : You're the piano player.

  Ellis Moonsong : Not any more. I'm on a break. A mysterious stranger has, uh, temporarily taken over, and I must say she plays beautifully. Hey, are your eyes misting over?

  Melinda : The song... it's meaningful to me. It was playing the night I met someone.

  Ellis Moonsong : So, are they tears of sorrow or tears of joy?

  Melinda : Well, aren't they the same tears?

  Ellis Moonsong : Yeah.

• Melinda : [Dejected, having doscovered her boyfriend has been sleeping with her best friend]  I loved you.

  Ellis Moonsong : I don't have a satisfactory explanation. You know these things happen. Living is messy.