Smash (TV Series)
Let's Be Bad (2012)
Jack Davenport: Derek Wills
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Quotes
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Derek Wills : [after Ivy's excuses during rehearsal] Where's Karen? Karen?
Karen Cartwright : I'm right here.
Derek Wills : Show her how to do this.
Karen Cartwright : Do what?
Derek Wills : [impatiently, in that commanding voice] The vibrato on the note.
Karen Cartwright : The vibrato...?
Derek Wills : [impatiently] 'Happy Birthday', just sing 'Happy Birthday'!
Karen Cartwright : You want me to sing...
Derek Wills : Oh, my God, is there a problem here? What, am I not speaking English? Just stand up and sing 'Happy Birthday' as Marilyn! I've seen you do it.
Karen Cartwright : [hesitant start, then warbles] Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, Mr. President, happy birthday to you...
[everybody's over-awed, except Ivy, who sees her own star fading]
Derek Wills : [to Ivy] Did you hear that? Karen! Maybe you could work with Ivy on that. Set something up with Larry. Let's do it again, please
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Ivy Lynn : Hey,
[hammering at door]
Ivy Lynn : I know you're in there! The doorman told me you were.
[inside, in his lounge chair, Derek shakes head, gets up]
Ivy Lynn : He didn't try to stop me, he was so nice... and he treated me with respect.
[Derek opens the door of his apartment]
Ivy Lynn : Do you even know what that is? Respect?
Derek Wills : You're drunk, Ivy. What are you going on about?
Ivy Lynn : Oh no. No, no, no. I'm not the problem. You are. You blow so hot and cold, I don't even know what day it is anymore. You are so hideous to me!
Derek Wills : I'm probably hideous.
[turns his back on her, walks away down hallway]
Ivy Lynn : You humiliate me! When you're not ignoring me! Half the time I feel that I don't even exist
[tosses her handbag after him]
Ivy Lynn : for you in there.
[stamps her foot]
Derek Wills : No one does.
[advances]
Derek Wills : I'm not kidding. And this isn't some big romantic statement about who I am as an artist, it is just a fact.
Ivy Lynn : [drunken giggle] Don't give me...
Derek Wills : Don't give you what? The truth? Isn't that what you came here for? Look, I'm building something in that rehearsal room, abd with all due respect, it would be a lot easier if everyone pretended for five minutes... not to have all of those annoying feelings, because frankly, they get in my way.
Ivy Lynn : Theater is about feelings!
Derek Wills : Oh, you can have feelings. They just have to be about Marilyn. I'm not kidding.
[turns around, walks away]
Ivy Lynn : I know you're not.
Derek Wills : [stops, turns around] Are you staying?
Ivy Lynn : [softly] Are you asking me to stay?
Derek Wills : [comes back] Come on.
[takes her face in his hands]
Derek Wills : Don't be mad at me.
[kisses her]