Jal Fazer quotes from Skins

  I've been thinking about what Chris would have wanted me to say today. The advice he'd give me, which'd be something like, "Know what, babe? Fuck it. These guys know all about me. Tell them about someone else." So I thought I'd tell you about a hero of Chris's: a man called Captain Joe Kittinger. In 1960, climbing into a foil balloon, Captain Joe ascended 32 kilometres into the stratosphere. And then, armed only with a parachute, he jumped out. He fell for four minutes and thirty-six seconds, reaching seven hundred and forty miles per hour before opening his parachute five kilometres above the Earth. It had never been done before, and it's never been done since. He did it just because he could. And that's why Chris loved him; because the thing about Chris was, he said yes. He said yes to everything. He loved everyone. And he was the bravest boy— man—I knew. And that was—he flung himself out of a foil balloon every day. Because he could. Because he was. And that's why—and that's why we loved him.

Tony

I say this world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in, and I wanna see that world.

Chris

What the fuck's he on about?

He's quoting, Chris. It's a literary reference.

Chris

What do you mean, like Shakespeare and shit?

Dawson's Creek.

Michelle

You, girl, need to learn a few tricks.

Like what?

Michelle

Like looking good, it's what I do.

It isn't all you do.

Michelle

Yeah, it is. You play clarinet and I look shaggable.

For Christ's sake! Stop Looking at them!

Maxxie

Oh, sorry Jal. Well, they're out aren't they?

[to Maxxie] You're gay!

Maxxie

[enchanted] Yeah... [snaps back to normal] I mean, yeah. Of course.

[to Anwar] You're supposed to respect womens' bodies, Muslim boy!

Anwar

I'm respecting. Believe me, I'm respecting.

You try it: no mum, no dad, all on your own.

Tony Stonem

S8 brilliant to me.

Tony

'Chelle, you all right?

Michelle

[punches Tony in the face] You dirty little fucker, I never want to see your tiny twatty cock ever again.

Tony

What's up, Nips?

Michelle

[kicks Tony in the groin] I was waiting for you to tell me. [crying] Time's up, you wanker! [walks away]

[to Tony] Jesus, what have you done this time? [to Sid] Sid?

Sid

I don't know!

For Christ's sake!

I must say, she's a fiery one.

Maxxie

Tone, shouldn't you, you know, go after her?

Tony

...She'll come back.

'Chelle, what happened?

Michelle

[crying] Never mind!

Never mind? Did he screw someone again?

Michelle

Again?

I tried to tell you, 'Chelle.

Michelle

About who?

But you never wanna hear it.

Michelle

About who, for Christ's sakes!?

Jenny, Mags, Kelly, White Justine, Black Justine, Bucktooth from the Geography trip, the posh girl from the choir...

Michelle

Abigail? Abigail Stock? He promised he hadn't!

If I'd just met you Anwar I'd rather slit my wrists than give you one.

Anwar

That's because you don't give anyone one.

Chris

Four months without sex that ain't funny. But you probably wouldn't understand that, Jal.

Huh?

Chris

Well you don't have sex at all, do you? You have clarinet lessons.

Sid

[getting up] Anyways, we should get the tents up. [helps Michelle up] Gimme a hand getting them off the...

Sid

...Roof?

Chris

Look, it's not my fault!

I told you to tie the tents to the roof!

Chris

No, no, no, you said to put the stuff on the roof! Nobody said anything about tying!

Maxxie

You meader, Chris!

Sid

[As Anwar pushes Chris] What did you think was holding them up there, you muppet?!

Michelle

Where the fuck are we gonna sleep!?

Chris

I'm sorry! [pause] Fuck it, I'm inadequate. What can you do?

This! [reaches out and crushes his testicles]

Sid

Oh, that's gotta hurt.

Cassie

[maniacally, while peeling an apple with a carving knife] Chris and Jal... Jal and Chris... more couples! More and more couples! [staring at the knife] Have you ever been in love?

I don't think so...

Cassie

[smiling] Do you want me to describe it to you?

[nervously] Okay...

Cassie

Do you remember when you rode with me in the ambulance after I tried to kill myself?

Of course.

Cassie

That's what love feels like.

Chris

Jal, don't you understand I wanna-

Make a new fucking pact that means nothing to you? Yeah! Let's do that! We'll build something, and we'll tear it down! Fuck it! Come on. Say it. Build something! Tear it down! You're not who I thought you were. You're an empty, poisonous smile.

Chris

Jal, can't we just- I don't know what I'm meant to say! Jal, look at me. I was perfectly happy killing myself. All right? But then you asked me to try. And for the first time in my life, it felt like someone actually gave a shit, and that that person was worth trying for. And now... I'd fucking, I'd make the world record biggest sandwich if you asked me to. I'd kick old grannies in the tits, I'd fill the river with Panda Pops!

Cassie

You can put any face behind a mask, but be careful.

Why?

Cassie

Because someone else might be pretending.

Michelle

I'm not saying forget about him [Chris], because you can't and you shouldn't. He was special. But I, I just think... Fuck it.

What?

Michelle

Like Chris. He said fuck it, I'll do it my way. And the people that love me will understand why I'm doing it because they love me.