Political Animals (TV Mini Series)

Pilot (2012)

Sigourney Weaver: Elaine Barrish

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• Elaine Barrish Hammond : Most of life is hell. It's filled with failure and loss. People disapoint you. Dreams don't work out. Hearts get broken. Innocent journalists die. And the best moments of life, when everything comes together, are few and fleeting. But, you will never get to the next great moment if you don't keep going. So, thats what I do. I keep going.

• Elaine Barrish Hammond : [At the National Zoo, referring to the Elephants]  Beautiful creatures, aren't they? Majestic, fearsome, but still gentle. They move slower than most animals, but they travel just as far. But that isn't what I love most about them. They are a matriarchal society, and when the males reach their mating age, the females kick them the hell out of the herd.

• Elaine Barrish Hammond : If I read half of what people write about me, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

• Susan Berg : How do you do it? Even people like me who have criticized you really do admire your resolve.

  Elaine Barrish Hammond : My usual answer is that I share the ethos with most Americans: if you work hard and give it everything you've got, tomorrow will be better than today.

  Susan Berg : And the truth?

  Elaine Barrish Hammond : Most of life is hell. It's filled with failure and loss. People disappoint you, dreams don't work out, hearts get broken, innocent journalists die, and the best moments of life - when everything comes together - are few and fleeting, but you'll never get to the next great moment if you don't keep going. So that's what I do. I keep going.

• Elaine Barrish Hammond : Never call a bitch a bitch. Us bitches hate that.

• Elaine Barrish : The next time you touch me, I'm going to rip off your tiny shriveled balls and serve them to you in a cold borscht soup.