American Dreams Quotes

Michael: Alyssa got kicked off the show because her skirt was too short, Jeff got caught sneaking into Lesley Gore’s dressing room…
Roxanne: But the grammar’s good, right?
Michael: It’s all lies Roxanne. I don’t know how you could even write this stuff.
Roxanne: I was just trying to spice it up a little bit.

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Meg: What if you were doing something other people think is wrong?
Helen: Meg, all of my life, I’ve pretty much done what other people think is right. Maybe, maybe that doesn’t always work out so well. What I mean is, I think we should be able to choose our own friends.
Meg: But maybe some people really shouldn’t be friends…
Helen: I’d take that chance.

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Roxanne: [after Warren finishes his song] Warren, you're going to make a terrible priest. [awkward silence] What you should be is a singer.

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Warren: Actually, there’s a song I kind of wrote...for you.
Roxanne: Is the word "easy" in the title?

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Jack: [picking up a red cookie] What the hell did you do to these things
Helen: A little red food dye… [Jack looks confused] Valentines Day?
Jack: Hmm… [coughs awkwardly] Of course, in fact I… uh… I have a little something for you. Later.
Helen: Jack…
Jack: No, I do. It's in the car.

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Dancer: Get ready, be the water.
Meg: Be the what?
Dancer: Be the water, up here. [Raises Meg’s arms straight up like a shower and dances like he’s taking a shower]
Michael: Is she actually pretending to be a shower?
Gus: My guess is he’s got her being the water.
Michael: Wow.

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Roxanne: Uh, some of the other columns I’ve been reading in other magazines, well they have little pictures of the journalists in the upper right-hand corner of the page. And I was just thinking that since you have such an attractive journalist…
Michael: Hey, not a snowball's chance in hell. Have a good show, Roxanne.

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Jack: Hey and tonight when the priest comes, all I want to hear from you is “Yes, Father,” and “No, Father.” Nothing else.
Patty: Yes, Father.

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Coach Donelly: Eighth grade or seventh?
Patty: Yes, Father.
Coach Donelly: Well which is it?
Patty: No, Father.

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Patty: Did Father Conte also tell you that Jesus got out of the fishing boat and walked on top of the water, and touched a blind man’s eyes and made him see?
Sophie: How did you know?
Will: Well didn’t he? Didn’t Jesus do all that stuff?
Sophie: Heal people and all that?
Patty: How could he have healed anybody? They didn’t even have penicillin yet.

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Luke: I'm glad I ran into you.
Meg: I live here.

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Meg: And all we do is argue. And a lot of the time, I don't even like you. And Jimmy is nice and sweet and he says all the right things at the right time-
Luke: Meg-
Meg: Luke, just let me finish for once! And all we do is fight. And just when I think there's nothing else to fight about, we come up with something more. And, so, we broke up. But ever since then, I just, I can't stop thinking about you. About me and you. Ok now you can talk.
Luke: Me too.
Meg: Me too what?
Luke: All of it. Me too. And I think-
Meg: Wait! Darn it. I wanted to do that whole thing after I did this. [Turns on record to play "Going Out of My Head"]

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Meg: Wait! My uncle's going to be here soon with a bunch of policemen!
Willie Johnson: The policemen can't stop this, girl. [picks up TV and smashes it]

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