Lady Bird (film)

Lady Bird is a 2017 film about an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl who comes of age in Sacramento, California.
 * Directed and written by Greta Gerwig.

Time to fly.

Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson

 * Different things can be sad... it's not all war!
 * People go by the names their parents give them, but they don't believe in God.
 * I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.
 * I was on top! Who the fuck is on top their first time!
 * I hate California, I want to go to the east coast. I want to go where culture is like, New York, or Connecticut or New Hampshire.
 * The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it's a palindrome.

Marion McPherson

 * Money is not life's report card. Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful. But that doesn't mean that you're happy.

Larry McPherson

 * You're not gonna get in a car with a guy that honks, are ya?
 * Hey, I'm like Keith Richards. I'm just happy to be anywhere.

Other

 * Julie Steffans: Some people aren't built happy, you know.
 * Kyle Scheible: You're gonna have so much unspecial sex in your life.

Dialogue

 * Sister Sarah Joan: You clearly love Sacramento.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I do?
 * Sister Sarah Joan: You write about Sacramento so affectionately and with such care.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I was just describing it.
 * Sister Sarah Joan: Well it comes across as love.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Sure, I guess I pay attention.
 * Sister Sarah Joan: Don't you think maybe they are the same thing? Love and attention?


 * Marion McPherson: I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: What if this is the best version?


 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Just because something looks ugly doesn't mean that it's morally wrong.
 * Casey Kelly: You think dead children aren't morally wrong?
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: No. I'm just saying that, if you took up close pictures of my vagina while I was on my period, it would be disturbing but it doesn't make it wrong.
 * Casey Kelly: Excuse me?
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Listen, if your mother had had the abortion, we wouldn't have to sit through this stupid assembly!


 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Hey. [pause] I like your band. With Jonah Ruiz? L'Enfance Nue?
 * Kyle Scheible: [in French accent] L'Enfance Nue.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Uh. Well, I saw your Thanksgiving show. My name's Lady Bird.
 * Kyle Scheible: It's weird you shake hands.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Yeah. [pause] I'm friends with Jenna and she's always talking about how great your band is so I wanted to check it out.
 * Kyle Scheible: Yeah, Jenna's hella tight.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Yeah.
 * Kyle Scheible: Maybe I'll see you at the Deuce or something?
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Sure, see you at the Deuce.
 * Miguel McPherson: Hey, I'm not paying you to flirt.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: [exhales] I wasn't flirting.
 * Kyle Scheible: I wish you had been.


 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Why can't you say I look nice?
 * Marion McPherson: I thought you didn't even care what I think.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I still want you to think I look good.
 * Marion McPherson: Okay, I'm sorry. I was telling you the truth, do you want me to lie?
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: No, I mean, I just, I wish that you liked me.
 * Marion McPherson: Of course I love you.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: But do you like me?


 * Julie Steffans: Miss Patty assigned you a role by the way, you just never showed up to claim it.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: What role ?
 * Julie Steffans: The Tempest.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: There is no role of the Tempest!
 * Julie Steffans: It is the titular role!
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: No! It's a made-up thing so we all can participate.
 * Julie Steffans: You can't do anything unless you're the center of attention, can you?
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Yeah, well you know, your mom's tits, they're fake! Totally fake!
 * Julie Steffans: She made one bad decision at 19!
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Two bad decisions!


 * Marion McPherson: If you're tired, we can sit down.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I'm not tired.
 * Marion McPherson: Oh, okay. I just couldn't tell because you were dragging your feet. [Lady Bird rolls her eyes] Well, I just couldn't tell.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Why didn't you just say "pick up your feet"?
 * Marion McPherson: I didn't know if you were tired.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You're being passive aggressive.
 * Marion McPherson: No, I wasn't.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You are SO INFURIATING!
 * Marion McPherson: Please stop yelling.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I'm not yelling.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: [Marion picks out a pink dress] Oh, it's perfect!
 * Marion McPherson: Do you love it?


 * Danny O'Neill: Your mom is crazy, I'm scared of her.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: She's not crazy. She just, you know, she has a big heart. She's very warm.
 * Danny O'Neill: I don't find your mother warm.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You don't?
 * Danny O'Neill: No. No, she's warm, yeah but she's also kind of scary.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Well you can't be scary and warm.
 * Danny O'Neill: I think you can, your mom is.
 * Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You're gay!

Cast

 * Saoirse Ronan – Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson
 * Laurie Metcalf – Marion McPherson
 * Tracy Letts – Larry McPherson
 * Lucas Hedges – Danny O'Neill
 * Timothée Chalamet – Kyle Scheible
 * Beanie Feldstein – Julianne "Julie" Steffans
 * Lois Smith – Sister Sarah Joan
 * Stephen McKinley Henderson – Father Leviatch
 * Odeya Rush – Jenna Walton
 * Jordan Rodrigues – Miguel McPherson
 * Marielle Scott – Shelly Yuhan
 * John Karna – Greg Anrue
 * Jake McDorman – Mr. Bruno
 * Bayne Gibby – Casey Kelly
 * Laura Marano – Diana Greenway
 * Marietta DePrima – Miss Patty
 * Daniel Zovatto – Jonah Ruiz
 * Kristen Cloke – Ms. Steffans
 * Andy Buckley – Uncle Matthew
 * Kathryn Newton – Darlene Bell
 * Myra Turley – Sister Gina
 * Bob Stephenson – Father Walther