Jay Manuel quotes from America's Next Top Model

Jay Manuel

[in confessional about Jade's bad take for a CoverGirl commercial] She doesn't quite grasp the fact that she's got to improvise in this scene. It was thirty seconds of me listening to her heels clap on the concrete. [back to the present to Jade] This was you. [imitating Jade walking around and blowing kisses in the air and at the camera] What was that?! It was like...

[to Jay Manuel] I was making my entrance.

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[to Jade] You were making your entrance, but you didn't improvise anything. Take two.

[to Jay Manuel] You guys look fabulous. What a party. Oh, my gosh! [in confessional] The second time, I just took my time, talking to people! [does a twirl during the commercial shoot] Wonderful, fabulous.

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[whispering and laughing to the camera crew and Mike Rosenthal] She's a drag queen!

[to Jay Manuel] Okay...! [holding up the Covergirl product] This is... [laughs] Okay! [pause] Lightweight makeup... [bleep]

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[to Jade] Cut! CoverGirls don't say that!

Jay

Please do the black girls proud.

You know they call me a white girl back home but I'mma ...

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So you can’t dance?

I'mma do–I'mma do what I do.

Jay

Wait, can you dance?

I mean, I'mma do what I do.

Jay

Okay, if you’re a white girl think Irene Cara.

Aww, fish juice!

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"Fish juice?" Work with it girl!

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[to Jade, Danielle and Joanie who are all about to shoot for CoverGirl] How well do you guys know your scripts?

[to Jay] I mean, are you allowed to improvise?

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[to Jade] No.

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[to Jade who continuously forgets the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] And, action!

[Actual Line: "Want a more casual mascara look?"] "Don't you ladies want to have a casual beautiful mascara that you can put on your eyelashes like mine? Well, I'm going to introduce to you, today..."

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[to Jade who continuously forgets the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] Cut! I don't know where you got that from, girl, but it was not what was written here.

[to Jay] I know.

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[in confessional about Jade's performance in the commercial] Jade did not know her lines at all.

[Actual Line: "Wireless tapered bristle brush"] "An unbelievable brush."

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[to Jade who continuously forgets the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] Cut! [in confessional about Jade's performance in the commercial] She added her own words...

[Actual Line: "It's perfect for a daytime look"] "Nor as you see mine...are very beautiful."

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[to Jade who continuously forgets the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] Cut! I need a commercial out of you today, Jade!

[Actual Line: "New CoverGirl LashExact Mascara"] "Did you know...this little mascara..."

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[to Jade who continuously forgets the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] Cut! Yeah...

[to Jay] Sorry.

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[to Jade helping her out after continuously forgetting the lines while shooting the CoverGirl commercial] Alright, what we're going to do is we're going to pull out cue cards for you.

[in confessional] When the cue cards came out, I was like, "Phew!" [starting a new take; Actual Line: "New CoverGirl LashExact Mascara"] "Start with the new CoverGirl Exact Mascara!"

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[to Jade] Cut! You didn't say what was on the cards.

[to Jay] I didn't?

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[to Jade] No. If anything, know the product you're selling. LashExact Mascara.

[delivering a commercial] "The new, the latest CoverGirl...L-Lash...

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[to Jade] Cut!

[delivering a commercial] "New CoverGirl Lash..."

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[to Jade] Cut!

[delivering a commercial] "New CoverGirl Exact Mascara..."

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[to Jade] Cut! Can you read the cue cards? Can you see them?!

[to Jay] Yeah. "Lash Ex..."

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[to Jade] Cut!

[to Jay] "Lash Ex..."

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[to Jade] Cut! Do not get defeated, Jade. Come on, let's shake this off!

[in confessional] I'm not a failure, I don't give up. I'm a soul survivor. [delivering a commercial] "Want a more casual mascara look? Start with the new CoverGirl LashExact Mascara. The wireless tapered bristle brush. It's perfect for a daytime look."

Jay

[to Jade] Jade that was awesome!

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[to Eugena] You don't like the last season of America's Next Top Model's girls.

[to Tyra Banks, Mr. Jay and J. Alexander] They're boring! It just seems like they're really generic.

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[to Melrose] What's the issue?

[to Jay Manuel] Oh, honey, I've been ready for like six hours but then I got my massage with my make up on and...

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[to Melrose] Really? The attitude! Don't slow up the shoot!

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[to Melrose] Is that horrified or is that bad acting?

[to Jay Manuel] That’s bad acting.

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[to Melrose] Yeah. Thank you. Can you give me horrified?

[to Jay Manuel] Ugh!

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[to Melrose] That’s bad acting.

[to Melrose] You look crazy! [laughs with Eugena]

[to Eugena] This is my look!

[to Melrose] Yes it looks crazy! [Melrose does her makeover photoshoot]

[to Frédéric Fekkai] You have to make it darker!

[to A.J.] Why don't we just change the other part?

[to Frédéric Fekkai] No! I hate this color! Please! [in confessional about her makeover] When I first got my hairstyle I was in complete shock. It's still a little bit too light for my liking and I'm not a smooth girl. I like spikes. [does makeover photoshoot]

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[to J Alexander about seeing Monique crying out loud] J.! Miss. Monique. Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

[placing a towel over her head and crying out loud to the hair stylist] Oh my gosh!!!!!! Why?!!!!!!!

[to Jay Manuel about seeing Monique crying out loud] If she wants to cry, then let her cry.

[to Jay Manuel about seeing Monique crying out loud] That's what she said. She said that nobody's ever seen her without her weave.

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Oh, please! Look at that picture of Tyra on the wall! There's Tyra without her weave on! [later goes with J Alexander to check up on Monique, who is having a meltdown over her makeover in the bathroom] Girl, I am not in the mood for these girls.

[to Monique] Come here, girl.

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[to Monique] What's the story?

[crying out loud to Jay Manuel and J Alexander] I'm just having a bad day! I can't even sleep 'cause it's like, the alarm's going off and...it's nothing I can't see!

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[rolling his eyes at Monique] Do you want this career? This is not hard. You are getting a fresh hair weave by a master stylist, and if the alarm's going off, put in earplugs! [takes Monique with J Alexander, later in confessional] To see these young girls who supposedly wanted to be here so badly, to just kind of throw it off, and say, "Ugh! I don't like it!" [Monique does her makeover photoshoot] It just disgusts me, and it makes me not want to be here. [to all the girls] Guys, when you walk into this business, you walk into this business as blank canvases. I wish that when I was 18 or 19, I had people come in and take me to the next level. So, you hate your hair and you're actually being insulting to a master who's been in this business. [to A.J.] No, you were. Just listen for one second!

[to Jay Manuel] Right.

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[referring to Monique] Miss Thing's crying up there because she got her tracks out and this, and that, and it's like...?! You're insulting our guests, you're insulting Tyra inevitably. I'm, like, over it! I'm just going to go home and sleep!

[to Jay Manuel] That's what I really got! [Jaeda does her crazy hair photoshoot]

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[about Jaeda's photoshoot] Like a kid at Christmas!

Jay

[to Melrose] Melrose you always give us an amazing shot! Make the girls hate you even more!

[to Jay] I don't know if it's possible!

[in confessional] I'm freaking out because Nigel is our photographer today. It's intimidating being shot by, you know, a judge.

CariDee

[to Nigel Barker referring to a large stick Nigel held as a joke] Did you just remove that from your ass from the last panel?

[to CariDee] Ohhh! [in confessional about CariDee's comment to Nigel] I can't believe she said that!

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[in confessional] CariDee messed up. That's not a good way to start because that's one key thing that Tyra's looking for. A girl who can work in this business and be respectful.

I really like Audrey Hepburn. I love her in Dinner at Tiffany's.

Tyra

Dinner at Tiffany's?

I'm sorry. Lunch at, brunch at Tiffany's. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Tyra

[laughing] Lunch at Tiffany's?

Jay

Guess what honey? It was breakfast at Tiffany's!

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I already told them you were really good.

Oh! They already hate me enough as it is!

Jay

Oh, they do? Why? What happened?

I'm a bitch.

Jay

Tell me again why you want to be America's Next Top Model.

Just...'cause.