To Die For (1995)

Alison Folland: Lydia Mertz

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• [last lines] 

  Lydia Mertz : But it's really something when you think that... I'm the one who's gonna be famous. Suzanne would die if she knew.

• Lydia Mertz : Suzanne used to say that you're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV... 'cause what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if there's nobody watching? So when people are watching, it makes you a better person. So if everybody was on TV all the time, everybody would be better people. But, if everybody was on TV all the time, there wouldn't be anybody left to watch, and that's where I get confused.

• Lydia Mertz : [about Jimmy]  He says that he needs to see you and that he's dying of love.

  Suzanne Stone : Ughhh! Tell him to call a doctor.

  Lydia Mertz : And Russell wants his money, and his CDs.

  Suzanne Stone : Really? Well, you tell Russell if he doesn't keep his mouth shut, he's gonna be playing his goddamn CDs in the gas chamber!

• Suzanne Stone : [to Lydia in the dressing room]  Well, you grow up, you know? You think it's all gonna be like a fairytale. Like you're Sleeping Beauty, and along comes this Prince Charming, and he looks at you, and it's night time, and he smiles at you and kisses you.

  Lydia Mertz : Yeah, I - I know that story.

  Suzanne Stone : And then... then you wake up... and it's daylight... and you look at him. It's just when you work all day, trying to perfect yourself and create something meaningful, you expect some support. Does anyone ever say "Did you have a good shoot today?" or "How's the editing going?" or *anything* of that nature?

  Lydia Mertz : I guess not.

  Suzanne Stone : No. I mean, the point is... Larry is a nice guy, you know? But he just doesn't know a thing about television.

• Lydia Mertz : Mrs. Maretto bought me lots of nice stuff. Like this... ankle bracelet, for instance.

  [shows] 

  Lydia Mertz : And a bottle of real expensive perfume - a "scent", she called it - which I'm saving for a special occasion. No one ever really... bought me stuff before... except my Mom's boyfriend, Chester, who got me for my birthday, when I was twelve, a bottle of something called Garden of Eden body oil, which he said would be good for my skin... and... which he wanted to show me how to use... which I let him do.

• Lydia Mertz : [shunted out the door]  What about the TV show in California and everything?

  Suzanne Stone : Aw, Liddy, get real!