Victorious (TV Series)

The Bird Scene (2010)

Victoria Justice: Tori Vega

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Quotes 

• [Repeated line, when Tori performs the Bird Scene] 

  Tori Vega : It was 1934 when my husband left me... alone. Living on the prairie was a dreary existence. No telephone, no radio, only a large majestic bird with whom I shared my feelings. One day when I was feeling low, I said to him, "Oh, bird. You can fly. You can soar miles from this lonley place, and yet you stay. Why?" And apparently, that question rang true, for that afternoon my bird left. And so went my spirit.

• [to Sikowitz, upset after learning that she still failed the Bird Scene despite performing it three times in class] 

  Tori Vega : Look, I know that you're a great acting teacher and everything, but I don't care what you think. The scene I just did was good, and I'm proud of it no matter what anybody thinks.

  [the class applauds] 

  Tori Vega : What?

  Mr. Sikowitz : You just passed the Bird Scene!

  [the class cheer and applaud again. To Sikowitz] 

  Tori Vega : But... but you said...

  Mr. Sikowitz : Tori, the whole point of The Bird Scene is to teach a performer, like yourself, to believe in their own choices no matter what others say. We are artists, and a true artist doesn't need approval from others. A true artist only needs to please himself, or herself, or itself.

• Sinjin Van Cleef : Want to see my locker?

  Tori Vega : I guess.

• Jade West : Need some help?

  Tori Vega : Yes.

  Jade West : Interesting.

• [as they are going to have lunch] 

  Beck Oliver : Come with?

  Tori Vega : Sure.

  [Jade gets suspicious] 

• Tori Vega : So, all three times I did the scene...

  Mr. Sikowitz : Were delightful. It was only wrong when you asked if it was right.