Center Stage (2000)
Susan May Pratt: Maureen
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Quotes
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Maureen Cummings : Erik got injured today. And do you know the first thing I thought when I saw him go down?
Jim Gordon : What?
Maureen Cummings : "I wish that was me." So that made me think, you know, 'cause that's not a normal reaction. How much of what you liked about me was because I was a ballet dancer, and how much because I was me?
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Maureen Cummings : If this is what I wanted, I wouldn't be as unhappy as I've been. I'd have friends, I'd sleep well, I wouldn't throw up half the things that I eat.
Nancy Cummings : You watch your weight. There's nothing wrong with that!
Maureen Cummings : Mom, I'm telling you I'm unhappy and sick. I can't do this any more!
Nancy Cummings : But it's your dream. You just don't give up on your dream.
Maureen Cummings : It's your dream, and it matters more to you than anything ever did to me. So I did it, but I can't any more.
Nancy Cummings : I know what regret feels like, and I don't want that for you.
Maureen Cummings : That's what ballet would be. A life of wishing that I found something I loved, instead of something I just happened to do well. I'm not you, Mom. You didn't have the feet. I don't have the heart.
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Maureen Cummings : I've got priorities. I mean, you only get to be a dancer for ten years. Maybe fifteen if you don't get injured. So for the next decade at least.
Jim Gordon : Hey, all I'm asking for is a date.
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Maureen Cummings : I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you? Nobody.
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Maureen Cummings : Look, you're a smart girl, Jody. If you turn in your application now, you can still get into a good college.
Jody Sawyer : But I don't want to go to college. I want to dance.
Maureen Cummings : Yeah? Well, so do a lot of people.
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Maureen Cummings : I'm just trying to be honest. That's what friends do.
Eva : I guess that would explain why you have so many friends.
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Maureen Cummings : Just my luck.
Jody Sawyer : I would kill for your luck. All I ever wanted was to be in the American Ballet Company