Jay Manuel quotes from America's Next Top Model

Jay

[to Robin] You have real issues with your hair, and you said you feel like a clown. You got to understand that you're here to compete to become a Top Model. If not, you might as well go home and just be Miss Soymilk, or whatever. You know what I mean? It's not going to work!

[laughs] It's Miss Soybean.

Jay Manuel

Talk tough superhero, not tough Bronx.

Well, I'm from Jersey!

Jay

[about Shandi] She looks like she's in Italian Vogue. I don't know how she came from Walgreens to this.

That's where they all come from, Walgreens and Dairy Queen.

Jay

[About Heather's photo] She looks like a porno star.

Janice

No, she does not!

Jay

Yes... she does.

Janice

So do you!

Jay

We're talking Silicone Valley on the other end of the table.

[in confessional about her makeover] I'm so excited! I have a new totally different look that I never would have thought of. I am so happy. Miss. J decided to give my baby a makeover and this is a guy but it looks cute.

I hope these eyebrows come out right [in confessional about her makeover] I had to get my makeup done before the photoshoot but the eyebrows are black and that's not going to match. [back to the present] How I am going to go back to my boyfriend?! [to Keenyah] He's not going to want me anymore! [looks in the mirror] Whoo! Whoa!

[in confessional about Brandy's attitude] Brandy, your attitude is just ridiculous!

I'm sorry! I don't care who don't like me no more but I can't see my eyebrows! [Jay Manuel is looking]

Jay Manuel

[in confessional about Brandy's attitude] Miss Brandy. Her attitude just pissed me off!

Jay Manuel

[to Brandy] I'm reaching a point where... Ciao! Here talk to J.

[to Brandy] What's the problem?

[to Miss. J Alexander] No problem with me.

Jay

So you guys all learned about posing like animals, so of course, we're going to do a photo shoot today. But you guys are going to be the animals. So, I've picked an animal that I think represents each and all of you. I'm gonna start with you, Kahlen. You are actually going to be a springbok. Christina, you're gonna be an ostrich.

Oh, wow!

Jay

Brittany, you're so tall and long. You're going to be...

A giraffe!

Jay

A giraffe. Michelle, I'm making you a zebra.

Ooh, there we go.

Jay

Naima, you're a silent predator. A cheetah!

Oh, no!

Aw, cheetah!

Jay

Keenyah, you get to be the elephant. I don't know how you end up with these. One week is gluttony, next week is an elephant! [he and the rest of the girls laugh]

Alright. [in confessional] Everybody else has these sexy little animals, and I get to be the big, fat elephant! Ugh! Why do I keep getting stuck with these fat characters? What is going on?!

Jay Manuel

[to Jayla and Cassandra] Jayla, Cassandra I need to talk to you girls real quick.

[to Jay Manuel] Okay.

Jay Manuel

[to Jayla] So we're actually going to take out your extensions because we feel like they're not working for you.

[in a repeat scene to the judges about Jayla] She looked much better with the shorter hair, personally.

Jay Manuel

[to Jayla] We're going to leave it long and then scissor and comb up the back.

[in confessional] You may not like it at first but you have to get into it. You have to try to see the good in it.

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] Initially what Tyra really wanted was like Rosemary's Baby's haircut and she wanted all of this to be a lot shorter.

[to Jay Manuel] See I'm not really comfortable cutting it again when I haven't got a chance to really work it yet. [Jayla gets up to see what's happening]

[to the other nine girls about Cassandra talking to Jay Manuel] Something's going to happen.

[to the other nine girls about Cassandra talking to Jay Manuel] You think?

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] You know if you turned to a client and said "You know, I really don't want to cut my hair," they're going to be like "You know what? Thanks, Cassandra. Bye-bye." I can't do a shoot without you having your hair the way they want you to.

[to Jay Manuel] Right.

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] So have some breakfast, think about it and I'll ask you later.

[to Jay Manuel] Okay.

[to Jayla] That's great!

Jay Manuel

[to Jayla] These are good, Jayla! Keep it going!

[to Cassandra] I'm not going to screw you over.

[to Rob Talty] Yeah.

[to Cassandra] You know I have your back always.

[to Rob Talty] Yeah.

[to Cassandra] I'm just going to round out the front a little bit. So you can go on a little bit.

[in confessional about having an extra inch of hair cut] It wasn't just cutting an extra inch and half for me. It was the last straw in them completely trying to change who I was.

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra after all the other ten girls are finished with the photoshoot] Rob's ready to cut your hair. We're going to get started.

[to Jay Manuel about having an extra inch of hair cut] I'm not going to cut it, Jay.

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] You're not going to cut it?

[to Jay Manuel about having an extra inch of hair cut] I'm not going to cut it. [in confessional about having an extra inch of hair cut] I told him I wasn't going to cut my hair anymore. I didn't feel like I needed to in order to be successful at this.

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] So, you're ready to cut your hair?

[to Jay Manuel] No!

Jay Manuel

[to Cassandra] You know, I really don't have time for this today so... you just got to leave my set, okay? [in confessional] Cassandra did not want to cut an extra inch off of her hair. I've said to her: "Do you realize by not complying with this haircut where that put you?" and she said "Well, I guess I'm going to go home." [Cassandra leaves the set, Nik sees this, Jayla looks stunned]

[in confessional] I have to be myself and I want to walk away from this knowing what I did right in the long run and that includes not letting people change who I am. [goes to the Limousine whilst Jay Manuel rings Tyra from this cell mobile telelphone]

Tyra

[on the phone to Jay Manuel] Hello?

Jay Manuel

[on the phone to Tyra] Hello Tyra.

Tyra

[on the phone to Jay Manuel] Yeah?

Jay Manuel

[on the phone to Tyra] It's Jay. [Limousine takes Cassandra home to collect belongings for departure]

[in confessional after quitting the competition] I'm going home. I'm going to go back to Texas and I'm going to get some hair extensions and hopefully, you'll see me as a future Miss. U.S.A.. [gets into Chevrolet Express and leaves]

Tyra

[to Gina] So why do you want to be America's Next Top Model?

[to Tyra] I think that there's just not enough Asian models out there. I feel that I can break down that barrier, and I think it's our responsibility.

Tyra

[to Gina] You say that you're not the girl next door. You're wild. What do you mean by that?

[to Tyra] If you were to ask me to get down and strip naked, I will do it. That's just how I am.

Tyra

[to Gina] Well...

[to Tyra] But the thing is, like, my parents kinda have a thing with that sort of stuff. [a picture of Gina with her parents at her high school graduation flashes on screen] I mean, I don't know if I would go against my parents. I—I'm not sure. I mean—I kinda believe more in the American culture more than my parents.

[to Gina] Oh!

[to the judges] I'm not into Asian guys.

Tyra

[to Gina] Why not?

[to Tyra] The thing is, they're a lot shorter than I am, which is something that I can't tolerate. [J Alexander laughs]

Jay Manuel

[to Gina] You've come so full circle from your initial statement.

Tyra

[to Gina] But do you understand how you were a contradiction? First you were saying, "I'm Asian, I'm strong, I'm Korean." And then you're saying, "Screw Korean boys, and I want a white boy."

[in confessional] I don't know what exactly happened, but I got confused and I started contradicting myself because certain things just started coming out, and it didn't make any sense.

[to the judges] I am so excited to be here. I've been waiting for this day forever. Forever, okay? My name is Jade, and Tyra, you're such an inspiration to me. The two Jays, amazing. [in confessional] I need a team. Tyra, the two Miss Jays are my team. And they're gonna make me shine. [to the judges] People think I'm a bitch when they first meet me because I'm pretty and I have this beautiful body. But when they get to know me, I'm so cool. I'm very real. [J Alexander nods] Every time I walk down the street, I mean, heads are turning. Like, look at this... ! [in confessional] People know! They know Jade, they know my face! [to the judges] I'm ready to win. I'm ready to be America's Next Top Model, 'cause I know I have what it takes. [in confessional] I cannot wait to be me, and show the world who I am. I'mma blow them away, and they're gonna see who Jade really is.

Jay Manuel

[to Tyra and J Alexander after Jade walks out in her swimsuit] Humility she does not lack!

Tyra

She's so, like, nature girl Afro. Like, Afrocentric beads. She'd be like my sister.

Tyra

[to J. Alexander and Jay Manuel about Dr. Yvonne] She has the look that the fashion industry loves right now. [Wendy walks in]

[to Tyra, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel] My name is Wendy. [Tyra smiles] I'm twenty-two and from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jay Manuel

[to Wendy] New Orleans?

[to Jay Manuel] Yes!

Jay Manuel

[to Kathy] Katherine, you got the longest hair!

[to Jay Manuel] I... Yeah... Little nervous. Just a little! [in confessional] I'm really shocked! What are they going to do for the rest of the photoshoots? Are they going to give us wigs?

Jay

Right now you look like your clunking on a mat.

Really? What does my face look like?

Jay

Like you're clunking on a mat.