- Marla Hanson: I'm from Missouri. Independence.
- Eric Warner: Figures.
- Marla Hanson: Broken home. I'll spare you the sob story. The morbid details of an unhappy childhood. I always wanted to get to New York. I always knew I belong here. I just... I wanted something different. I wanted to break out. Not end up like my mother, broke. With a house full of kids and nowhere to go.
- Eric Warner: Why modeling?
- Marla Hanson: Make-believe, I guess. The glamor, romance, dress-up, your hair blows in the wind. Create your own perfect little world. At least, that's how I always felt about it.
- Eric Warner: It's all illusion. Smoke and mirrors.
- Marla Hanson: Exactly. It sure beats the hell out of real life.
- [smiles]
- Marla Hanson: I don't know. Sometimes I wonder what I'm knocking myself out for. I gave up a decent job to have people tell me Morris the cat has a better chance of being a model than I do.
- Dawn: That's right. Forget nice. You've just got to tell him to get lost. You have to be mean from Day One.
- Marla Hanson: I can't help it. I was brought up to be nice.
- Tawny: Then move to L.A. You'll never make it in New York.