GLOW (TV Series)
This Is One of Those Moments (2017)
Ravil Isyanov: Gregory
Quotes
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Ruth : Gregory. Just the man I wanted to see. Hey, how do you say 'Gregory' in Russian?
Gregory : Gregory. Uh, excuse me. I have to go.
Ruth : Go? Where?
Gregory : Do you need something? I know the machine is out from diet orange, but there is grape.
Ruth : Oh, um, I'm not really a soda person. Listen, Gregory... I need to pick your brain.
Gregory : I don't need to pay for it.
Ruth : 'Pay for it'?
Gregory : Brain picking, dick licking... I have woman... sometimes... She gets mad at me. Says I don't listen.
Ruth : I am not a hooker.
Gregory : Of course not. Uh... how you saying? Escort.
Ruth : I'm an actress. I'm playing a character. Zoya the Destroya, the Soviet Scourge.
Gregory : I have cousin Zoya. You look nothing like her. She's a big girl, and good personality.
Ruth : I need to learn more about being Russian, and you're the only Russian I know.
Gregory : You don't know me. And I have to be going.
Ruth : Can I come with you?
Gregory : It's a family function.
Ruth : Families love me.
[pause]
Ruth : Look. I really want to be an authentic representation, not some cartoon Russian villain. Out of respect for your culture. I think you deserve better than Boris and Natasha.
[pause]
Gregory : Fine. Go change your clothes. Uh, and don't dress like what you say you're not.
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Gregory : Life is suffering.
Ruth : I was just saying that this morning. I am so on the Russian wavelength. I am like...
[Russian accent]
Ruth : one of those dolls, in a doll, in a doll, in a doll. I am many dolls. Because, I am so into myself. Do you get it, though? I'm into myself.
Gregory : It's a thinker.
Ruth : Hey, will you introduce me to more people?
Gregory : No. You say you want real thing, but you keep asking stupid questions. We didn't all work in factories and write sad poetry.
Ruth : Ah. Okay, fine. I'll just introduce myself.
[Ruth approaches Michael's mom]
Ruth : [Russian accent] Zdravstvuyte. I am Zoya. Thanks to you for having me at party.
Michael's Mom : [Russian] Who is this? Where's Lupe?
Gregory : [Russian] She's mad at me. Thinks I don't pay enough attention to her.
Michael's Mom : Mm.
Ruth : [Russian accent] Is more fun than work break at Gulag.
Michael's Mom : [Russian] What's the matter with her? What's she talking about?
Gregory : [Russian] She's in character. Actress. So she says. Maybe hooker. When Michael heals, she might be a nice present for him.
Michael's Mom : [Russian] Why did you bring an actress whore to a sacred rite of passage? She's bothering everyone.
Gregory : [Russian] You know I have trouble saying no.
Michael : [Russian] Somebody please get me a drink!
Michael's Mom : [looks at Ruth] Nice to meeting you. I have to get the boy some vodka. Excuse me.
Ruth : [Russian accent] Nice to meeting you too.
[Ruth goes back to Gregory]
Ruth : I love that.
[Russian accent]
Ruth : 'Nice to meeting you. Nice to meeting you. Zoya, nice to meeting you.'
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Gregory : You wanna feel Russian, you must drink vodka.
[Ruth and Gregory toast and drink]
Ruth : Oh. Wow. That's... strong. Guess I'd better get used to it.
[Russian accent]
Ruth : Zoya drinks like a sailor and swears like a fish.
Gregory : Fish don't talk.
Ruth : Hoo. Really feeling that. Probably should've had breakfast.
Gregory : You want some sturgeon on rye bread?
Ruth : Aw, look at you being a considerate date.
Gregory : This is not date. I have woman, sometimes. She gets mad at me. She says, uh, I don't take her out enough.
[Ruth looks at the ice sculpture of a horse head used to serve vodka]
Ruth : So... what's with the horse head.
Gregory : My cousin Michael is chess champion. Eighteen-and-under division. Very good.
Ruth : Oh, so, this is, like, a celebration for him or... ? Did he die? I can't tell from the faces.
Gregory : He's new to America. Was very difficult for him to get out. So, we sponsor him, make big noise. And Russia likes Jews only slightly more than faggots.
Ruth : Oh, I didn't know you were Jewish.
Gregory : I wear a giant chai.
Ruth : Oh... I thought that was a cat.
Michael : [Russian] No! No! I change my mind. Fuck religion! Don't touch my penis!
[two men drag Michael to a chair]
Ruth : What's going on?
Gregory : His bris. Now that we're in America, we're free to be Jews. Is covenant. We celebrate.
[Gregory gives Ruth another shot of vodka]
Michael : Nyet!
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Gregory : I have woman, sometimes. She thinks I don't give enough pleasure with mouth.
Billy Offal : I really like this girl, man... but I can't seem to say anything right.
Gregory : Hmm... Maybe you give pleasure with mouth. You don't talk so much, you don't say wrong things.
Billy Offal : That's a thought.
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Ruth : Okay, okay, I'm sorry. But isn't a bris supposed to happen when you're a baby? I mean, if you can scream for vodka, maybe you're a little too old.
Gregory : In Russia, it wasn't option. We had to live in secret. Now, he's in America, he gets to be who he is.
Ruth : Oh... like Yentl. Yentl had to come to America to be who she was.
[Michael overhears Ruth talking about Yentl]
Gregory : Yes, Michael and me and all our relatives, we're just like Yentl.
Michael : [Russian] Is she going to sing something from Yentl?
Gregory : [Russian] Don't encourage her.
Ruth : Yentl!
Michael : [Russian] But, but I love Barbra Streisand. And it's my party.
Gregory : [Russian] Does anyone have a microphone?
Ruth : What's happening?
Gregory : Michael want you to sing song from Yentl.
[Gregory hands Ruth a microphone]
Russian Woman : You sing from Yentl, da?
Gregory : You know Yentl?
Ruth : Come on. Everybody knows Yentl.
[Ruth approaches Michael]
Ruth : This is for my buddy right here. You've had a very rough day. So picture me in a little cap and glasses, okay, pretending to be a man. Ahem...
[pause]
Ruth : [singing] There are moments you remember all your life, there are moments you wait for and dream of all your life. This is one of those moments...
Michael : [singing] Moments...
Ruth : [singing] I will always remember this chair, that window...
