Riley Richmond quotes from Melrose Place

Ella

[after Riley opens the door] Hi. What are you still doing here?

Riley

Uh, I live here.

Jonah

[shows up putting his shirt back on] Ella, what's going on?

Ella

God, Jonah and Rilus interruptus?

Jonah

Did you just tell me Violet is Sydney's daughter? I'm not a little fuzzy from my two rum and cokes?

Riley

They wanted to get to know each other better before they told people.

Jonah

Riley, in our own little personal slasher flick here, this is the part where the audience stands up and starts screaming, "Um, hello? She's the killer!" [turns around and sees Violet]

David

[on camera for Ella's birthday video] Ella, I've known you for seven months now and you're one of my closest friends and, uh, I don't have a lot of close friends. I'd do anything for you. And I do mean anything. So, if you want to start your next year off with a bang, you know where I live.

Riley

I thought this was supposed to be PG.

David

Hey, I try my best.

Riley

You're so not speaking at our wedding.

Ella

Anton V wants you to model for his new line.

Jonah

What?

Riley

Okay, I've had a really long day, and I'm not in the mood to be mocked.

Ella

I... am as serious as a shoe sale at Barneys.

Riley

I don't understand. Anton knows I'm not a model.

Ella

And that is exactly why he wants you.

Jo

[about shooting Riley] This is never gonna work. She's a total amateur.

Ella

Well, that's why Anton hired her—a real girl for real denim. Oh, come on. Models are like jeans. You just have to break them in a little bit.

Jo

I see this all the time with the new girls. You know, she's just afraid to lose her inhibitions. I need hot, I need sexy.

Riley

How am I doing? Is everything okay?

Jo

Yeah. You're doing great. I'm just gonna shake it up a bit, look for a different look, so, um, keep the jeans and lose the top. [Riley looks shocked at Ella]

Jo

[while shooting Riley] I want you to show me the side of you that wants to unchain herself from the classroom, from the fiancé and everything else that's stopping you from being the person you really want to be.

Riley

I am the person I want to be.

Jo

Oh, come on. Nobody really wants to teach public school and marry some guy who can't even pay the bills!

Ella

It's your choice if you don't want to believe in yourself.

Riley

Since when does believing in myself require me to abandon all self-respect?

Ella

Do you think Jonah's self-respect soars through the roof every time he shoots a Dora the Explorer-themed birthday bash?

Riley

What do you think you're doing?

Ella

Bringing you your wardrobe. And hi.

Riley

I just read the bio you sent me. Every word is a lie.

Jonah

Wait. What are you talking about? What's going on?

Riley

"Raised by a single mother in a low-income household, Riley Richmond fought gang violence on the rough streets of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Her dreams to teach brought her to LA, where Anton V discovered her on a playground and changed her life forever."

Jonah

Ella... Riley's from Beacon Hill. Her dad's an attorney who argues in front of the Supreme Court, and her mom's an editor for The Boston Globe.

Ella

Exactly. The masses don't relate to private schools and brownstones.

Jonah

[while discussing his film with Owen Anderson] Riley just has this teeny bad habit of changing her mind.

Riley

Oh, yeah, see, he's referring to our engagement. I didn't answer his proposal immediately, then all hell broke loose, and we broke up.

Brok... Dude, splitsville? No way. Where's that story?

Ella

Hey, look, they may have broken up, but that does not mean that they didn't share a storybook love story.

Riley

Storybook? You slept with him.

Whoa, what? Dude, Jacob and Rachel's destinies are cosmically intertwined, and you cheated on her?

Jonah

No, no, see, I didn't cheat on her because Riley and I had already ended things, so technically it was over.

Riley

[turns to Ella] And who was there waiting? The vulture in Versace.

Ella

Oh, well, there's that sense of humor we were just talking about.

So?

Riley

"So"?

So? They're photos of two people kissing. Two single, unattached people.

Riley

Ben, you know what this means.

Yeah. Means I should learn to keep my drapes shut. And that this shirt makes me look paunchy.

Drew

[at Coal] Three margaritas, please. Is that cool?

Lauren

Yeah. But then what are you guys going to drink?

Drew

Finally, she's loosening up.

Riley

Very funny.