Emily Lightman quotes from Lie to Me

Emily

You just read me. You swore you would never do that and you just did.

Emily Lightman

Ah, Dan's early.

Cal Lightman

Yeah, and about that. I know your mother's out of town, you got the keys and Dan has a car.

Emily Lightman

No, we're not doing this. You just go let Dan in while I finish getting ready. And you better not do some covert scientific technique to find out what we're doing or not doing tonight. Promise!

Cal Lightman

No covert science, I promise.

Hi, Dr. Lightman.

Cal Lightman

Are you going to try to have sex with my daughter tonight? [smiles and nods his head as he reads Dan's expression.]

Cal Lightman

Hello, love. How's it going at your Mum's?

Emily Lightman

Okay, I guess. I mean, you know how Mom is. She needs to know everything I'm doing every second.

Cal Lightman

Bloody intrusive, inn'it? What are you doing this very second?

Cal Lightman

You're going to organize this room.

Emily Lightman

By myself?

Cal Lightman

Nope, Loker's going to babysit.

Eli Loker

(walking over) Hey, Emily. Long time, no see. Hey, you look terrible. Awful. Like Gene Simmons when it's really, really humid. All right...

Eli Loker

Well, I think he's, um, think he's just scared

Emily Lightman

No, no, I'm thinking wasted.

Eli Loker

No, I mean, he's scared right now, about you.

Emily Lightman

Why would he be scared about me?

Eli Loker

Well you're a 15-year-old girl. Statically speaking, you're at the prime age for abusing alcohol, experimenting with drugs, contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

Emily Lightman

Wow, you really know how to take all the fun out of rebelling.

Eli Loker

Look on the bright side, you're way more likely to die in a crash with one of your friends than any of those things.

Gillian Foster

You okay?

Emily Lightman

Yeah. Just, my dad being...

Gillian Foster

Yeah, he can do that.

Emily Lightman

He never lets me do anything fun.

Gillian Foster

Oh, you mean, like having a hundred friends over and getting pulled in by the cops?

Emily Lightman

Ah, yeah, yeah, like that.

Gillian Foster

He knew something was going on when you called, you know.

Emily Lightman

He did? Why didn't he say anything?

Gillian Foster

If he said something every time you lied to him, oh, he knows he'd lose you.

Emily Lightman

I know what you were saying before about girls my age.

Cal Lightman

Good.

Emily Lightman

And, considering, I guess you do a pretty good job of restraining yourself.

Cal Lightman

From what?

Emily Lightman

From calling me a liar when you know I'm up to something.

Cal Lightman

Well, I'm sorry I always know.

Emily Lightman

You don't always know.

Emily Lightman

I'm just saying, you know, you need to stop dwelling in the past. You know, forge on. Fight the good fight.

Cal Lightman

Where'd you get this crap?

Emily Lightman

Oprah, mostly.

Emily Lightman

You really should try, you know, opening up to me.

Cal Lightman

Is it Oprah?

Emily Lightman

Eh, it might be.

Gail

Still overcharging the city and everyone else for stuff that's unusable in court?

Cal Lightman

You still offering my wife unsolicited martial advice?

Emily Lightman

Ex-wife.

Cal Lightman

(turns to look at Emily) Ex-wife.

Emily Lightman

Didn't you used to study suicides?

Cal Lightman

I still do.

Cal Lightman

You shouldn't think about that stuff, love.

Emily Lightman

What am I supposed to think about?

Cal Lightman

Celibacy.

Emily Lightman

What are you doing in my room?

Cal Lightman

Reading your diary.

Emily Lightman

(she half-laughs and half-snorts) I don't keep a diary.

Cal Lightman

Liar. So, how was school?

Emily Lightman

Tragic.

Cal Lightman

I want to show you something.

Emily Lightman

Oh, where's the popcorn?

Emily Lightman

What is this?

Emily Lightman

(finally understanding, she leans forward in her seat) Is it Grandma?

Cal Lightman

(staring at the film sadly) Yeah, yeah, it is.

Emily Lightman

(looking from the images on the wall to her father) You've never shown this to me before.

Cal Lightman

No. (he finally looks at Emily) There's something I want to tell you, Em.

Zoe Landau

{to Emily) Have a wonderful sweetheart.

Emily Lightman

(to herself) Oh, yeah, it's going to be a blast.

Cal Lightman

We were happy then. Well, look at the smiles, they're real.

Emily Lightman

Well, I guess it's good Mom wasn't the only one that was delusional.

Cal Lightman

Thank you.