The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV Series)

Just Say No (2008)

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez: Ruben Enriquez

Quotes 

• Adrian Lee : I hate you.

  Ruben Enriquez : Oh, wow, what a concept. My teenage daughter hates me.

• Ruben Enriquez : [to Adrian]  I don't want you seeing Ricky anymore.

  Adrian Lee : That is not your decision! You do not decide who I go out with! And you know what? I'm sorry. I am so sorry I ever looked you up. Just go back to where you came from, and I promise I will never bother you again. Ever.

  Ruben Enriquez : I can't make that same promise.

  Adrian Lee : It's too late! Don't you get it? I'm all grown up! I have my period and everything! I menstrate! I take birth control pills! I have sex! Protected sex! With condoms! I don't need parents!

  Ruben Enriquez : Adrian, listen to me. You're going out with a guy who's in therapy for God knows what. Your girlfriend, the crazy Christian cheerleader, has been in some sort of altercation and was just interrogated by the police, and she's interested in your boyfriend, by the way. But what really bothers me is that everyone in this school seems to think that you're a slut. You need an adult in your life. Your mother wants to be your best friend, and I don't. You need me. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to see me.

  Adrian Lee : I made a mistake.

  Ruben Enriquez : Well, before you make any serious mistakes, let's see what we can do to get your life going in the right direction.

  Adrian Lee : Well, what does that mean, get my life in the right direction? That's what my mother said. What are you two talking about?

  Ruben Enriquez : Adrian, I think you need to realize that you have a lot more to offer to this world than just sex.

  Adrian Lee : Ay dios mio.

  Ruben Enriquez : Come on. Give yourself a chance to have everything in life. It's all there for the taking. Change to this private school so you have a shot at making it to one of the top universities. You're a leader, not a follower. I see you becoming a governor, a senator, a judge. Forgive me, Adrian and let me make up the past 16 years to you.