hey!
ya-a-a-a-y! i played nora. i hate to tell you what year.
and it's very difficult to behave like torvald's little chipmunk without making a perfect ass out of yourself! now i think that ibsen would have been damn proud of our hannah!
yea-a-a-a-ah!
liar! liar!
all my life i've had to put up with insults.
from this non-person, this, th- th-this haircut that passes for a man. he could never support us. it's a good thing we had a talented daughter!
she's talented. so it's not likely she's yours!
no! i like to joke around and have fun, and he gets angry because i get the attention. he's gotten sourer as he's gotten older, and i've tried to stay young. at heart.
the sacrifices i've made because of that man. he's ruined me with his ego, his philandering, his-- his-his-his-his mediocrity!
he's the one that's made every ingenue in stock!
th-th-they, they wanted me for a screen test.
but i, i knew that he'd get up there and he'd flounder around with his expensive haircuts and hairdos and clothes. he's all show! now how can you act when there's nothing inside to come out?!
you know, of all of us in the family, you were the one blessed with the true gift.
yes, she's lovely, but she doesn't have your spark. she knows it. she worships you. she wouldn't dare get up there on the stage.
no, holly's game for anything. holly takes after me.
i'd have been a great dope addict.
come on.
a slight exaggeration.
but only slight.
sweetheart, i loved your script. i thought it was so clever.
i particularly liked the character of the mother. just a boozy old flirt with a filthy mouth.
i'm so proud!
hannah, can i tell everybody you're going to play desdemona?
yes, but it's public television. and to me, shakespeare doesn't get any greater than othello. you with some big black stud! i love it!