Private Life Quotes

[first lines] Rachel Biegler: Remember what Marty said?
Richard Grimes: Ugh.
Rachel Biegler: Having a baby is an immoral act.
Richard Grimes: Marty's an idiot.

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Sadie: Oh, my God, look at us. We're like an ad for assholes.
Rachel Biegler: You mean we're assholes, or we're part of an ad that's targeted to assholes?
Sadie: No, it's just that whole... people with cappuccinos in their lofts, with their laptops, dogs, with messy hair. You know, that whole fantasy. It's not your fault. You guys are authentic and real, you've just been co-opted by cultural mechanisms that create desirability. I took a media and consumer society course. It was pretty life-altering.

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Sadie: God, my mom went on this jag where she got rid of, like, everything in her closet that was even remotely form-fitting, and now it's just like cowl necks, and tunics, and draw strings, and shawls, that whole Eileen Fisher thing. It's like she doesn't even have a body anymore, she's just drowning inside all this fabric and erased all sexuality from her being. It's like she's been spayed.

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Richard Grimes: [to young trick-or-treaters]Sorry about the environment!

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Dr. Dordick: [comparing semen to soda]So, the seltzer comes from one place, the syrup comes from someplace else, and, together they make Mountain Dew, or Diet Coke, or what have you. But, if the pipe gets clogged, you don't get Mountain Dew. You just get seltzer.

Movie: Private Life