The Nines (2007)

Hope Davis: Sarah, Susan Howard, Sierra

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• Sarah : And then I met the most wonderful boy in the world. We would take long walks by the river. We spent hours gazing into each other's eyes. We were so very much in love. And then one day, he went away. And I thought I'd die, but I didn't. And when I didn't, I said to myself "is that all there is to love?"

• Margaret : I know who you are.

  Sarah : Really.

  Margaret : I know what you are. If you come near him again...

  Sarah : [interrupting her]  You'll what? What are you going to do about it? Hmmm? Sorry, what's he calling you?

  Margaret : Margaret.

  Sarah : I like that. Margaret. Classic.

  Margaret : Why don't you just leave him alone?

  Sarah : Alone? He can't be left alone - he's an actor. If no one's watching him, he doesn't really exist. And for the record, I'm not the one deceiving him. He'll figure it out eventually, and when he does who do you think he's going to blame?

• Susan : Do you feel like a man? Because I'll tell you a little secret - you're not.

• Sierra : You're a crackhead, G. Thing is, this planet and these people are your drug of choice. It wasn't that hard to make a universe. At first, you just checked in every once in a while, see how the Neanderthals were doing, move a couple of continents around. But then you got more into it. You started playing a couple of characters of your own. Slaves, kings, messiah, priest. Soon, you were playing 24/7.

  Gabriel : How long have I been...

  Sierra : You've been gone for four thousand years. Not that time means the same for us.

  Gabriel : You came looking for me.

  Sierra : That's what a girl does.

  Gabriel : Why now?

  Streetwalker : Because you forgot who you were.

  Agitated Man : You forgot this wasn't real.

  Sierra : We couldn't just storm in on a fiery chariot. It was your universe. We had to play by your rules. We had to show you how limited and corrupt your little world was. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice place, it's cozy. But do you remember where you came from? Do you remember where you came from?

  Gabriel : It was warm and white, like...

  Agitated Man : You can't describe it with human words.

  Streetwalker : You can't think it with human thoughts.

• Sarah : When I was a little girl, our house caught on fire.

  Gary : Oh shit.

  Sarah : I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up in his arms and raced through the burning building and out onto the pavement. I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was over, I said to myself "is that all there is to a fire?"

• Sarah : One a scale of one to ten, you belong with the nines. We both know you won't settle for less.

• Susan : Roger has this advice - he says forget about the people who score you in the twos and threes, because they're never going to like your show. Instead, look for the nines.

• Sierra : This is not a murder. This is an intervention.

• Sierra : So you play a lot of characters at once?

  Gabriel : Well, a couple. Most people do.

  Sierra : But you're not most people. You created the world. You know all the secret codes.

  Gabriel : Like God-mode?

  Sierra : Is that what you call it?

  Gabriel : That's when you have all the powers and can't be killed. It's actually really boring to play, though.