Tanya McQuoid-Hunt quotes from The White Lotus

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Oh, God. This is such a beautiful view. I wonder if anyone's ever jumped from here.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

These are some high-end gays.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Oh, it's a good feeling when you realize that someone has money. 'Cause then you don't have to worry about them wanting yours.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

[speaking frantically to the boat skipper] I know it sounds crazy, but my husband, he knows Quentin. See, he brought me to Sicily and then he left, so he could have an alibi. And then these gays, they take me off to Palermo and then they set me up with this guy who's in the mafia and he's coming here I... I think to try to throw me off the boat. They're going to do Greg's dirty work for him because he's gonna pay them with my money so they can decorate their houses or some shit. I may... may be paranoid, but I need you to drive me in the boat, drive the boat to the shore. Please? These gays, they're trying to murder me!

Belinda Lindsey

This is so nice. More than dinner, it's nice to get such positive feedback, you know? It's nice to know you're really making a difference 'cause sometimes, I question that.

Tanya McQuoid

Why would you ever question that?

Belinda Lindsey

Well, the clientele here is mostly rich white people, and to be honest, I struggle with that.

Belinda Lindsey

I do think that there's a purpose in helping even rich people, you know? Helping them to find healing, making them feel more present, more aware.

Tanya McQuoid

Yeah.

Belinda Lindsey

Because rich people, they're the ones that, you know... are fucking up the whole world.

Tanya McQuoid

Yeah. I mean, I know a lot of rich, white, fucked up people. They could really use you.

Tanya McQuoid

He seemed like a nice guy.

Belinda Lindsey

So what's the problem?

Tanya McQuoid

I just know I'm gonna get hurt.

Belinda Lindsey

I, I think you might be getting ahead of yourself a little, you know? Maybe he likes you.

Tanya McQuoid

Yeah. He likes the first layer. Maybe. I don't know. You know, he... But what about the second layer and the third layer? And then every step along the way, you know, I have to worry about, you know, is he gonna like the next layer, you know? And then I get all afraid, like, you know, how much do I wanna show him? You know, is he gonna be repulsed? Or is he gonna be alarmed? And at the core of the onion, Belinda... is just a straight-up alcoholic lunatic.

Belinda Lindsey

That, that's not true.

Tanya McQuoid

No, it is. It is. And I just wanna show my hand. I don't wanna play poker anymore. I just wanna skip all the layers, and just go straight to the crazy, and just like, you know, let the chips fall where they may. And, you know, just show him, just show him the core of the onion.

Tanya McQuoid

Both my parents mentally abused me and, and, and my mother still tortures me, and she's dead. And I still have her ashes. I carry them around. So now you see, that's the core of the onion. It's already... This is it. This is the core of the onion, and I don't want to... I want you to get out of here and save yourself because I'm just like a, I'm like a dead end, you know? This is a trap door. And I think you should get out. And I want you to take these things.

Whoa.

Tanya McQuoid

I want you to take 'em. I want you to get out of here now!

The f... I'm not gonna take your dead mother's ashes.

Tanya McQuoid

I want you to get them out of here.

What the fuck am I supposed to do with them?

Tanya McQuoid

I don't know. Put them in the trunk of your car. Just get them out of here. You can put them in a trashcan.

You're fucking crazy.

Tanya McQuoid

It's who I am. And I... There's nothing I can do about it. Please get out. Please. Get out. Greg, I told you to get the fuck out.

No. I still wanna fuck you.

Tanya McQuoid

Really?

Yeah. Come here, crazy. Come on.

Tanya McQuoid

Okay.

You're not really cuckoo.

Tanya McQuoid

Anyway, we're gonna be leaving early, and I, I really just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss you. Belinda, you're an amazing person. You are. I mean, you've helped me so much. I was a mess. I showed up here, and, and somehow, you were able to just jumpstart my life again. And I don't think I'm ever gonna be functional. But I do think that now, I'll be able to break some old patterns.

Belinda Lindsey

Definitely.

Tanya McQuoid

Anyway, about the business... I really need to think about it. I mean, you're so talented and I so wanna do this for you, but I'm realizing I'm getting back into this pattern again where I latch on to somebody and then I use my money to control them and see, right now, the, the last thing I need in my life is another transactional relationship. You know, it's just, it's not healthy for me, you know? Anyway, I really, I want you to know how grateful I am and I want you to have this. Here. I'm gonna call you.

There's something you should know. I've had some health issues.

Tanya McQuoid

Like what?

It's no big deal. It's nothing. It's just... Don't be surprised if I suddenly just drop dead. Death doesn't have to spoil everything, right? Enjoy your life till they drop the curtain.

Tanya McQuoid

Well... I've had every kind of treatment over the years. Death... is the last immersive experience I haven't tried.

Quentin

You're just here with your assistant, right?

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

No, I actually came here with my husband, but he left.

Quentin

He left you alone in Sicily?

Quentin

Why would he leave you?

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

It's a long story.

Quentin

No, we have all day. Tell me everything, from the beginning.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Well, I was born in San Francisco...

Quentin

Oh, the very beginning, alright.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

So you see, it's just been a series of .. very bad decisions.

Quentin

No. you've had very bad luck.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

I know, I know.

Quentin

You're like the.. heroine of your own Italian opera.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Does that mean I'm doomed?

Quentin

No. Of course it doesn't. You're too fabulous to be sad. Look where you are. Drink your rosé. Best thing about luck is it can always change.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Do you really believe that?

Quentin

No.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

If you're looking for a friend, gay guys are really the best. Because, let's face it, women are kinda... depressing.

Portia

Oh. You think?

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Yeah. I think most women are drips. But it's not their fault. Yeah. They have a lot to be depressed about. But you know, they are not fun. These gay guys are fun.

Quentin

Other than the cowboy, love's never been my Achilles heel. It was always beauty.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Hm. I live for beauty.

Quentin

I know you do.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

I do.

Quentin

I'd also die for beauty. Wouldn't you? A world without beauty... is not a world I want to live in.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Well... you couldn't ask for a more beautiful world... than this.

Quentin

Here's to beauty.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

To beauty.

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Portia. When I see you, I... I see a younger version of me. You know, when I was a little girl, my mother used to dress me up like a little doll. And I was always a little doll, waiting for someone to play with me. You know, when you're empty inside and you have no direction, you'll end up in some crazy places, right? But you'll still be lost.

Portia

What are you trying to say? Like...

Tanya McQuoid-Hunt

Get your shit together, Portia.