Jennifer Garner: Romy Sullivan

Quotes 

• Sarah Reeves Merrin : [rushing upstairs, unlocks door, but entrance barred by chain lock]  What's this?

  Romy Sullivan : [peering out past chain lock]  Hey, what are you doing?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : What am I doing? Who are you?

  Romy Sullivan : Answer my question, girlfriend. How did you get a key to my apartment?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Your...? No! I just paid a hundred bucks to stay here! You're living here?

  Romy Sullivan : Wait one second.

  [unlocks] 

  Romy Sullivan : She sent you, didn't she? Cecilia. This is a pressure tactic because I'm a couple of weeks late with the rent.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Okay, I have no idea what you're talking about, but I just forked over a lot of money to a very weird woman with really freaky hair, and you know what, if this is some kinda scam, I could get the police!

• Romy Sullivan : [hears her cellphone buzzing]  Hold that thought, sweetie, I'm waiting on this audition.

  [searches for it] 

  Romy Sullivan : Do you mind giving me a hand here, please?

  [as she scampers about, asking herself:] 

  Romy Sullivan : Why would anybody pay money to stay in this place?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Well, my Mom lived here twenty years ago, and she...

  Romy Sullivan : Found it! Okay, wish me luck, I really need this to come through.

  [nervously checking] 

  Romy Sullivan : My parents. Like I'm actually gonna call them for another lecture.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Your parents page you...?

  Romy Sullivan : My phone's turned off. No phone money, no rent money. Starving actress.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : My Mom was one of those too.

  [little laugh] 

  Romy Sullivan : Really? Would I have heard of her?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : No, I don't think so. She died a while ago.

  [looking around] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : God, this is so weird.

  [little laugh] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : That... that's her stove, and her sink... her radiator...

  Romy Sullivan : Yeah, I can pretty much guarantee nothing's been replaced.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Maybe that's where they made me...

  Romy Sullivan : All right, look, you can have the couch for the weekend, it's the best I can do.

• Sarah Reeves Merrin : [late at night, got out of bed, finds roommate restless as well]  Can't sleep either, huh?

  Romy Sullivan : Nope. Not with that going on twenty feet from my window.

  [indicates hot couple embracing] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Ahh. Who is that?

  Romy Sullivan : I call him GG. Short for Gorgeous Guy.

  [they almost get seen, she ducks, bumping Sarah backwards] 

  Romy Sullivan : Ooh!

  [they return] 

  Romy Sullivan : Aw...

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [in unison]  Aw...

  Romy Sullivan : Oh, he is an amazing kisser. I say that based entirely on observation, of course. That's... that's one thing that hasn't happened for me in a year.

• Sarah Reeves Merrin : [elated]  God, I can't believe it. I... I know his name, I mean... I actually know who he is.

  Romy Sullivan : Why can't he be my father? I mean, don't you see the irony here? Me, an actress? Him, as a big-deal theater guy?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : God, my heart is, like, pounding...!

  Romy Sullivan : That's not your heart. It's a bass line. Cecilia, the super. She has these wild dance parties, like, every other night.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [eager]  Let's go!

  Romy Sullivan : This...

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Let's go, come on!

  Romy Sullivan : Forget it, it's a scene.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : That's great! That's great, I want a scene! I wanna be crammed into a room with people who don't wanna be anywhere else in the whole wide world tonight...!

  Romy Sullivan : Sarah!

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Come on, Romy, I am this close. I am so close to knowing him. Just give me one good reason why I should not spend the night dancing.

• Romy Sullivan : Okay, what's better? Botulism, or a death in the family? I need an excuse to tell the office manager where I am temping.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : You can't just say you've got an audition?

  Romy Sullivan : I'm glad you are so young. Did you find something?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [borrowed dress]  I don't know. I don't know. I wanna... I wanna look like a daughter. You know, like the perfect daughter. Someone you'll look at, and say, yes, of course you're mine, because I don't want you to be anybody else's.

  Romy Sullivan : [knock on door]  Hang on!

  [opens, it's Cecilia] 

  Romy Sullivan : Ugh, I know why you're here. Look, I just got this audition, and if I get the job, I swear to God...

  Cecilia Wiznarski : Look, I'm a landlord who really doesn't give a crap, okay? You owe me $300 or you're out.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Uhm, what about the money I gave you?

  Cecilia Wiznarski : That was a private arrangement.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [comes forward]  You rented me an apartment that was already occupied.

  Cecilia Wiznarski : I did you a favor. You were all moony-eyed about this place. And it's obviously worked out, you're wearing each other's clothes.

  [turns and leaves] 

• Romy Sullivan : [as her new friend comes down the stairs]  Hey, Sarah! The most amazing news! I just... What's wrong, you've been crying?

  [at pool table, John looks up at Sarah, concerned] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Uh, look, your parents are here.

  Romy Sullivan : Really?

  [laughs] 

  Romy Sullivan : Talk about perfect timing! Guess what I just found out? The role I auditioned for in the movie, I got it! Check your calendars, within the year, I did it within the year!

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Yeah, you might wanna throw in Mom and Dad.

  [Romy goes off] 

  John Maguire : [comes over, sighs]  So, what happened?

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : He's not my father.

  [shakes her head] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Nothing else to say, it's just not him.

  John Maguire : I'm sorry.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [sniffs]  Life's terrible, you know, so...

  [sighs] 

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : I'll just go home... where everything is okay, and I have nothing to complain about.

• Romy Sullivan : [sounding morose, as she packs a suitcase]  A life-changing revelation on the subway? Biggest thing that ever happened to me on the A train was some bike messenger rubbed up against me, but, hey, good for you.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Yeah, well, I was wondering if we could make a deal in extending my, you know, non-existent sub-lease for a bit.

  Romy Sullivan : Here's an idea, or... or, I could just give you the lease, 'cause see, while you were coming up with the reason to stay, I found the reason to leave.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [surprised]  What do you...?

  Romy Sullivan : [hands her the movie script]  Pages twelve, forty-five, seventy-three and ninety-six to ninety-nine. I got the whole script, not just the audition scenes.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : [reads aloud:]  "Jack slowly kisses down her neck, descending upon Phoebe's..." Whoa. "naked breasts?"

  Romy Sullivan : According to the director, Jack's relationship with Phoebe's breasts is integral to the storytelling, so... I told them to get someone else.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Romy...

  Romy Sullivan : I'm going back to Portland.

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Really? Are you absolutely sure?

  Romy Sullivan : I mean, I had a whole year. You know, I just... I just needed one good thing to happen to me, anything. It could have been so small, it could have... just been just getting noticed in the tiniest way by anyone who matter... I just needed a sign that said I was meant to be here. I mean, you got one, right?

  [dejected:] 

  Romy Sullivan : I'm gonna need boxes.

• Romy Sullivan : [in shop]  The biggest boxes you have. Only nothing with a soggy bottom that's gonna tear.

  shopowner : [off-camera]  Okay.

  Romy Sullivan : Appreciate it, Mr Kim.

  shopowner : No problem.

  Jesse Bayron : [as Romy kneels to browse confectionery]  Hey! Going on a trip?

  Romy Sullivan : [rises]  I'm sorry? What?

  Jesse Bayron : I saw you packing your suitcase, right...

  [nervous laugh] 

  Jesse Bayron : I'm sorry, am I freaking you out? It's just, I live across from you at 535, and... our windows, they kind of, you can kind of...

  Romy Sullivan : Oh, do they, can you?

  Jesse Bayron : Sometimes I... I watch you, but not like in a pervert way, I just,

  [nervous laugh] 

  Jesse Bayron : I just look to see if you're there, is that... does that sound...?

  Romy Sullivan : No, no, it doesn't...

  Jesse Bayron : [introducing himself]  J.B.

  Romy Sullivan : [extends hand]  Romy...

  [they shake] 

  Romy Sullivan : Oh, and this is...

  Sarah Reeves Merrin : Sarah.

  Romy Sullivan : She's...

  Jesse Bayron : ...the new arrival. Hi. So, Romy, I don't know... if you maybe wanna get a drink or something sometime...