George quotes from Dead Like Me

George

Do you really care how it's going with me?

Rube

Sure, I make my face look like this and the concerned words come out.

George

What would happen if everybody died?

Mason

What do you mean?

George

Like if we were the only ones left

Mason

Oh, like if the frogs ate everyone on the planet?

George

Yeah.

Mason

I reckon we'd be shoveling a lot of frog shit.

George

So... my whole life, everything... All I get to keep are thoughts and memories?

Rube

That's all we ever have, Peanut.

I'm sorry Mr. Munroe isn't available.

George

Did you tell him it's important?

Yes, but he's just on his way out of the office.

George

It'll only take a second. Please, I'll be quick.

He's not gonna see you. He doesn't know who you are or what this is regarding.

George

I'm the girl his son drugged and it's regarding him videotaping me while homeless people had sex with my unconscious body.

I'll double check.

George

I was just calling you, to see if there was anything I could do to help.

George

[voiceover] I became aware of the words only after they left my mouth.

I like the way you show initiative, Millie. I like it a lot. I'd better watch my back, pretty soon you'll have my job.

George

Only after you get a promotion.

Oh.

George

[voiceover] I felt dirty.

Rube

You pulled the wrong piece out of the Jenga tower little girl. You know what a hiccup is?

George

Yes.

Rube

You got yourself a hiccup. Something happens that's not supposed to happen. System has to figure out what that something is and fix it. P. J. Monroe.

George

I'm sorry.

Rube

What'd you do? Slash his tires? Have him arrested?

George

I just talked to him.

Rube

Must have been some conversation.

George

I guess.

Rube

I hope it was worth it. What, you got the hots for the guy or something?

George

No!

Rube

What, he give you some money?

George

No! [looks away]

Rube

Help...me...out.

George

I just wanted to see if I could do it?

Rube

I need somebody to give me lessons on how to communicate with you, Peanut, cuz I'm at a loss. The coin's in the slot, the gumball's on its way, and I'm plum out of wisdom. I'd start sleeping with the lights on if I were you.

Mason

I've seen him stay mad for years, but you're different, he likes you. He won't stay mad as long.

George

Well how long will he be mad for? Days? Weeks?

Mason

What's the one after that?

Months?

Mason

Yeah, that one.

George

Why do I keep losing all the things and people that I care about?

Rube

That's what life is, Peanut.

Mason

Oh, bloody hell.

Daisy

[To Casey, the waitress] Diet Coke, chipped ice, but not too much.

Rube

I think this is about Betty. I think George has her own Warren Commission in her head and somehow has implicated me in Betty's disappearance. Am I right or am I right?

George

[To Rube] Can you pass me the ketchup?

Mason

[To Daisy] How you doin'?

Daisy

I don't think so.

Rube

[To George] That's all you want from me? The ketchup? 'Cuz the ketchup I can handle. But the guilt trip about Betty, that I can not. I don't know where Betty is.

Mason

[To Daisy] Ah- hem. Um, hello? I'm Mason.

Daisy

I don't think so.

Mason

[To George] What does that mean?

George

It means she hates you.

Rube

You lost your friend, Peanut, I'm sorry. Reapers come and go. That's life.

George

[voiceover] I missed Betty like crazy. I had a thousand and one questions, and I didn't know where to begin. Where was she? Was she o.k.? Was she coming back? What did Rube know? Somebody had to confront Rube and ask these questions. And, hopefully this person will be along soon.

Daisy

[To Casey] This isn't chipped ice.

We don't have chipped ice. All we got's cubes.

Daisy

Well, if you have cubes, and an ice pick, then you have chipped. Do you, Casey, have an ice pick?

Mm- hm. Ya. A nice one.

Daisy

Well, then I think we need to start over.

Mason

[To Casey] Uh, you see that Diet Coke? Thats on me.(To Daisy): I'm Mason.

George

[To Mason] You're a fuckin' moron.

Daisy

[To Rube] Is your name Rube?

Rube

It is.

Daisy

Well, I'm Daisy. Daisy Adair.

Rube

Well, you're two days early, Daisy Adair.

Daisy

Well, aren't you lucky?

Rube

This is Mason, as we know. And this is George. Daisy's one of us. Daisy's a reaper.

Daisy

[To George] George? Is that your given name?

George

Georgia.

Daisy

That's much prettier, I think I'll call you Georgia.

George

[voiceover] I hated her instantly. With all my guts.

George

What is she doing here?

Rube

She was transfered.

George

From...?

Daisy

New York! SoHo.

George

Why were you transfered?

Daisy

Well, that's kind of personal.

[To Daisy] One Diet Coke. Chipped ice.

Daisy

Thank you so much, Casey.

Mason

So, Daisy. Now, seriously, that Diet Coke is on me.

Mason

Ah!

Daisy

Excuse me, Miss! I need a refill.

George

[voiceover] I hated her a little less.

George

You know Daisy, I have a job, I mean what do you do?

Daisy

[Opens the door in a hurry, with a face masque on. Acting very Marilyn Monroe-ish.] Today I'm going to buy The New York Times, since you obviously don't have it delivered. Then I'm going to sit at that little corner shop and have a green tea and a muffin and then I'm going to look for a sweater set. This afternoon, if I'm so obligated, I’m going to collect someone's soul before they die. And if I look really pretty while I'm doing it well, then good for me. That's what I do, Georgia. [Slams the door shut]

George

[shouting] Daisy? Listen, I have some things I want to say to you. You can't just move your shit into my apartment and kick me out of my own bed...

Daisy

[crying] I never ever get a break. My mother abandoned me. My father... was never a father. I never really had a real home or even a place that I felt like I belonged. Why can't I belong. Why can't you accept me? I just want you to hold me. This life has been a collection of...disappointments and...heartache.

Daisy

And scene. Whew! "A collection of problems, disillusionment and unhappiness." Why do I always mutilate that line? Will you be a doll and help me run my lines? And please don't be afraid to stop me even if I'm off by one syllable, okay? Come on, it's magic time. Okay and... action!

George

I know this is cliché to hate your boss but you're a real dickweed.

Rube

What you're feeling right now, the rage and frustration all knotted together, binding everything from your head to your digestive tract? That's my life with you.

George

So, uh, do you hear a lot of voices?

Ronnie

No, just one. I call him the Shepherd.

George

Does he tell you what to do?

Ronnie

Well, he doesn't control me. He spends most of his time yelling at me and making me feel stupid.

George

Hmmm... maybe it's my mother.

Ronnie

I knew it, you're Death.

George

No no. I'm just a small cog in the system.

Ronnie

Then Rube is Death.

George

No Rube is...middle management.

George

What is it you wanted to say?

Ronnie

I just wanted to kiss you.

George

No...No way. I can't.

George

[voiceover] It was my first post-death kiss. That alone made it memorable.

Ronnie

Actually, I came to say good-bye.

George

[voiceover] It was also my first post-death kiss-off.