OH GREAT ONE: Quotes

Starr & Langston [2007]

[Llanview High just lost a big football game]
Starr: (to Langston) My mom is in the hospital, my dad is probably going to jail. The team losing the game tonight was like the cherry on the sundae of my holiday season.

Starr: (about Cole) I should go talk to him. Wait, you're not going to stop me or anything or tell me that I should leave him alone?
Langston: Has it ever worked?
Starr: You're right.

Starr: Langston, I forgot to tell you, but me and Cole -- we kind of hooked up.
Langston: "Hooked up"? "Hooked up" as in -- as in hooking --
Starr: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. We just kissed.
Langston: Wow, you're really living on edge, aren't you?
Starr: You know me.
Langston: Actually, I'm beginning to wonder.

Starr: Cole didn’t do anything. We were taking a walk in the park, and then we got caught by both of our moms.
Langston: How random is that? Man, you have the lousiest luck.

[Todd has just proposed marriage to Blair]
Starr: My dad proposed to her and -- and she said no.
Langston: But I thought she wanted to be back with your dad.
Starr: She did.
Langston: Maybe her neurons got all messed up when she got sick.

Langston: (to Starr) Parents never get that we do the opposite of whatever they want.

Starr: You know what? My mom can wreck her life, but she can’t wreck mine.
Langston: Starr, you have got to chill. Your mom’s just going through a post-she-almost-died thing. I mean, in a few days, she'll be all lovey-dovey with your dad again.
Starr: Yeah, well, until then, I'm stuck here with my psycho aunt and her 57 servants.
Langston: Send a few over to my house. I'll put them to good use.
Starr: Focus, Langston.
Langston: I am. I'm focusing on this gorgeously huge house. I mean, isn’t there a swimming pool in the back or something?
Starr: It’s winter.
Langston: So turn it into a skating rink.

Langston: (about La Boulaie) You don’t like it here? Well, then fine, you can take my room, and I'll move in with your aunt Dorian.
Starr: I would take your room. I would take the town dump, as long as my dad was with us. That’s all I care about.
Langston: Yeah -- until he puts the freeze on your little exchange of love notes with Cole.

[Starr and Cole plan to run away together]
Langston: Are you guys going to be ok? I mean, where are you going to go? No, don't tell me. I don't want to break when your parents and the cops start torturing me.
Starr: I hate putting you in this position.
Cole: Yeah, especially if you have to talk to the cops.
Langston: (with mock disbelief) "Starr and Cole ran away? I had no idea. I didn't even know they liked each other. I don't even know who they are. " Don't worry, guys. I've got you covered all the way.

[Langston tries to talk to Starr, who is distracted because she misses Cole]
Langston: I so don't want to study for that Algebra test. Maybe if I put off studying, the test won't actually happen. After all, why do I need to pass algebra? After high school, I plan to become a stripper. Cole Thornhart?
Starr: Where?
Langston: You are so lame.

Starr: I'm so sorry that I lost it.
Langston: You're entitled. None of this would have happened if your dad wasn't such a raging control freak.
Starr: I know. Why can't I stand up to him?
Langston: Because then he'd kill you and Cole?
Starr: Please tell me that this isn't going to always be this hard.
Langston: My mom always says these are the best years of my life. Personally, I think she's senile.

Langston: (to Starr) Here's something they don't teach you in school. Our parents are dumber than us.

Starr: Just tell me something -- could my day get any worse?
Langston: Huh -- you could've run into Cole, with Britney molesting him.
Starr: Vomit.
Langston: We need to find a way for you to get your mind off him.
Starr: Hmm, maybe I should get a lobotomy. I heard they work.

[Langston sees that Starr is looking at pictures of Cole on her computer]
Langston: Smart. I'm sure it'll be way easier to get over Cole if you keep looking at his pictures on Myface all day.

Starr: Cole and I can’t be together, that’s what it means. Besides, I already promised my parents.
Langston: Like that matters.

Starr: Langston?
Langston: Yeah?
Starr: You're the best. You're the only one who I can tell the truth to and you're the only one who don’t make me do things that other people want me to do. Thank you.

[Starr is upset that Langston signed her up for the school play]
Langston: I was worried about you.
Starr: Ok, well, did you sign up?
Langston: Huh -- are you kidding me?
Starr: Ok, so something that you wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole is supposed to be my therapy?

Starr: I deleted Cole from my phone.
Langston: Did you delete him from your brain?

Starr: With how mad Mrs. McBain is at me, I'm lucky if I get the role of sorority girl number two.
Langston: Maybe you haven’t noticed, but this school happens to be knee-deep in naturals for the bitch roles.

[Langston and Starr are reunited after the car crash]
Langston: You're my best friend, Starr. I knew you were in the car with Henry, and I knew he was acting all crazy. I was standing outside talking to the police with Ms. McBain, and I could see the car. And I thought everything was going to be ok. And I saw you all inside, and you seemed fine. And then Henry started driving all crazy in the car. When it crashed, I thought you were dead. And I don’t know what I would have done if it had been true.

[Starr is upset because Todd has disappeared]
Dorian: Well, you've got to eat something. You've been through a terrible trauma. You need your strength.
Starr: Yeah, well, right now, we're going to be late for grief counseling, which I cannot wait to go to.
[Starr leaves the room]
Dorian: (to Langston) She’s exactly like her father. No, when she’s in pain --
Langston: She just gets funny -- I know. We both do. I'll get her to eat something.

Langston: Oh, and Starr? Thanks for making my song sound better than it is.
Starr: Langston, your song is amazing.
Langston: When you sing it.

Starr: I have watched you boo-hoo over so many dudes.
Dorian: I never boo-hoo, and I don’t date "dudes."
Starr: Ok, first there was ex-Governor Brooks --
Langston: No way.
Dorian: Such a bore.
Starr: Mm-hmm, and then there was the extremely young David Vickers.
Langston: Ooh!
Dorian: And extremely handsome. Just ethically challenged.
Starr: Don’t forget Clint Buchanan.
Dorian: Don’t you dare slander his name.
Starr: Let me tell you a little story about him -- he’s actually married to my Aunt Viki, several times over, and my Aunt Viki and Aunt Dorian are mortal enemies.
Langston: That’s so gothic.

[Starr tells Langston that she and Cole were almost caught together in the gym]
Starr: I knew you would flip.
Langston: That’s no excuse for not telling your best friend you had sex in the gym.
Starr: I did not have sex, ok? We just -- we made out a little.
Langston: How little?
Starr: A little a lot?
Langston: Ew, on the gym floor? The janitor barely even cleans that. Ok, so tell me everything.
Starr: First off, it wasn’t the gym floor. We were just talking, and then we started kissing. And it was exactly what I was afraid of.
Langston: And then what? First base, second base, third base? Home run?
Starr: Between first and second.
Langston: Oh, my God.
Starr: I know.
Langston: So what stopped you? Because it obviously wasn’t common sense.

Langston: (about Markko and his friends) They're for sure not your regular theater geeks.
Starr: What, like us?
Langston: We're not geeks. We were coerced. Mrs. McBain used psychological warfare to render us devoid of will, and then forced us to do her bidding.

Starr: Langston, believe me, I know. I just -- I know what it feels like to be the center of attention in a negative way.
Langston: I'll be more careful about how I stick up for you.
Starr: I'm so lucky to have a best friend like you, I know that.

[Cole is going to the prom with Britney]
Starr: The fact that he picked Britney makes me sick.
Langston: Don’t hate me for saying this, but you dumped him.
Starr: You're right -- I am an idiot.
Langston: You're not an idiot. You're just not as hard-ass as you pretend to be.
Starr: Yeah, well, you know what they say -- you have to fake it to make it.

Starr: Proms are so lame.
Langston: They're more than lame. They're just an antiquated custom made for humiliation. Look at "Carrie."
Starr: That’s a little extreme.

[Starr tries to get Langston to pick a prom date]
Starr: So what about Gabe?
Langston: "Alcoholic Gabe"?
Starr: Garrett Greer?
Langston: I don’t do Britney’s seconds.
Starr: Yeah, you're right. Um -- Brian Slott.
Langston: He set my hair on fire in the second grade.

[Langston's been crowned Prom Queen]
Langston: I don't think I'm mentally capable of reigning, so I'm going to hand my crown over to my good friend Starr Manning.

[The teens discuss what movie to go see]
Markko: Oh, wait -- wait -- "Carnivore Cruise XIII: A Night to Dismember" -- it just came out.
Starr: No way -- I loved the first 12!
Langston: Well, I wasn’t crazy about "VII" or "IX," but I'm cool with it.

Starr: (about Markko) You really like this guy, huh?
Langston: He's all right. So maybe I like him a little -- it's no big romance or anything. I mean, you and Cole are way ahead of us.

Langston: I just had this awful thought. What if Britney's right? I mean, what if Cole really is keeping something secret from you?
Starr: Like what?
Langston: Well, the other day I saw him go into this phone booth, and then he came out wearing blue leotards and a red cape.

Starr: What would I do without you?
Langston: Me? You're the one who's my inspiration for always working hard and getting what I want.

Langston: Your parents are back together?
Starr: Not yet, but if they don’t kill each other tonight, that'll be two good nights in a row.
Cole: Well, that’s good.
Markko: What, three good nights and they're headed to Vegas to get remarried?
Langston: They've been married, like, a million times.
Starr: Three and a half.
Markko: "Half"?
Starr: It’s a long story.
Langston: Basically, they could go out for pizza and come back hitched.
Starr: You never know.

Starr: Strip poker -- have you completely lost your mind?
Langston: What's wrong with it?
Starr: If I get naked with Cole, it is not going to be because I lose some game, and it's not going to be in front of an audience.
Langston: Hold on -- who's going to lose? You spent all of junior high playing poker with your dad.

Langston: A baby brother -- that is so cool. Will you be spending a lot of time at your dad’s to help and stuff when the baby comes?
Starr: Well, I'll baby-sit, but I do still have a life.
Langston: Totally. I mean, your dad probably won’t let him out of his sight, anyway.
Starr: Yeah, you know, my dad is like that.

Langston: Me and Markko aren’t serious.
Starr: You seem serious to me.
Langston: Sometimes I like him, but I don’t know if I could stand him being in my face all the time.
Starr: But you did say that he’s a good kisser, though.
Langston: Yeah, he is a good kisser. But you know, sometimes he gets these ideas which he thinks are so smart, but they're, like, so stupid. I just hate how stubborn he is.
Starr: Yeah, gosh, that stinks. He’s just -- he’s so determined.
Langston: And full of himself. On and on about what a great athlete he is, an awesome dancer -- blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Starr: Oh, and he’s so confident.
Langston: And obnoxious.
Starr: Hey -- hey, hey, I'm just saying you seem very much into him.

[Starr and Langston look at the list of "wishes" Starr made for the beginning of the school year]
Starr: "I want to be Starr Manning, not Starr Manning, daughter of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer."
Langston: Well, that’s a good one.
Starr: I'm really glad I have your approval, Langston. Ok -- gosh. Next -- um, "I want a boy to talk to me about stuff besides reptiles. I want to be appreciated as a girl."
Langston: Aw!
Starr: Oh, my gosh. I am definitely not reading any more of that.
Langston: Oh, come on, I'm sorry. It’s just -- so touching. Oh -- oh, ok. I'll stop, I'll stop. Please, continue.
Starr: Ok. Last, and least -- "I want to make good friends with funny, smart people."
Langston: Yeah, see, that’s where you and I are different. I prefer my friends to be unfunny and stupid.
Starr: Thank you, Langston.
Langston: Oh, don’t take offense. I made an exception with you, B.F.F.
Starr: Well, I feel better, thank you. Speaking of BFFs -- I guess it’s kind of different this year. I don’t need a whole lot of friends, I just need one really good one.
Langston: Me, too.
Starr: Aw!

Starr: (to Langston) I know that my life can be crazy sometimes, but it’s nice to know that you'll always be here for me.

[Langston admits to Starr that her parents are dead, and have been for some time]
Langston: When I was little, they used to take me with them to the Columbian rainforest, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka. And then when school started, we'd just go for the summer. They'd help deliver medical supplies, take food to the orphanages, help rebuild huts that had been destroyed by typhoons or earthquakes. I should have been with them.
Starr: Langston, don’t say that. If -- if you were, then I would have never met you.
Langston: You're still glad you did? Now that you know?
Starr: Right. Just because you didn’t tell me that your parents were dead, I'm just going to drop you as a friend?
Langston: I would understand.
Starr: Ok, I -- I guess I get why you didn’t tell anybody, but me? Langston, you can tell me anything. I'm your best friend!
Langston: I know. I was -- I was scared. And plus, I -- I had told the lie so many times -- that my parents were coming home tomorrow or the next week -- that I started to believe it. I thought that if I kept it quiet, no one would get hurt.

Langston: What’s going to happen to me?
Starr: Langston, you know the answer to that, too. You're going to come here and live with us.
Langston: I don’t know if I can do this, Starr. I don’t know if I can be a part of your family.
Starr: Langston, what are you talking about? You're already a part of this family.
Langston: I'm not a part of any family, Starr. And even when I was, I was an only child. I don’t know anything about brothers and sisters.
Starr: You think I did before Jack came along? Langston, I tried to hide him in my hamper, and I tried to lose him in a park, and I promise I'm not going to do that with you.

[Starr heard a scary noise outside]
Langston: Well, this place is old. Old houses make weird noises.
Starr: Well, I never heard it make this noise before.
Langston: Because it wasn’t Halloween and you weren’t paranoid or scared.

Langston: I can’t believe your Aunt Dorian wants to foster me. Why would she want to take all that on?
Starr: Because you're amazing.
Langston: I'm a huge responsibility. Your aunt’s, like, free. I mean, it’s one thing for your mom to do it. She already has two kids. But your aunt doesn’t need all this.
Starr: One thing about my Aunt Dorian -- and promise you won’t tell anybody this -- but she needs to be needed.

Langston: The only good thing about my new school is they're reading "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" in English.
Starr: Didn't we read that last year?
Langston: And I kept my paper.

Starr: (about Marcie) I know she loves Tommy, but once she found out that he belongs to my dad, she had no right to run away with him like that.
Langston: People make mistakes, Starr.
Starr: Well, I am sick of the people in my life who are supposed to be grownups running off and breaking the law and doing things that they would kill us if we did.

Starr: I guess sisters fight.
Langston: Sisters?
Starr: Well, foster cousins, twice removed. Right?
Langston: No. Sisters.
Markko: Aw.

Starr: Cole is going to make himself seem like a killer when it was an accident. He wouldn't let me call him an attorney; he wouldn't let me go with him. He wouldn't let me do anything.
Langston: He just needed to tell the truth.
Starr: "The truth"? Like you would even know what that is.

[Starr and Langston argue over Cole]
Starr: You want Cole to admit that he shot Miles.
Langston: It's what he wants to do, Starr!
Starr: After he talked to you. For a year and a half, all you did was lie about your parents. Who the hell are you to say that Cole should tell the truth?

Langston: Still hate me?
Starr: I can't hate you. You're like my foster cousin, right?
Langston: Technically, aren't I, like, your aunt or something?
Starr: Ew -- shut up. I'm leaving.
Langston: Come here, honey. Come here, it's all right.

[Langston tries on a dress that Dorian bought for her]
Dorian: Oh, look! Look at Langston! Oh, honey, that's so sophisticated! Let me see. Oh, wow! It's --
Langston: You like it?
Dorian: Yes, I do. Don't you think so? She just looks -- it's just so Audrey Hepburn. I love it! I love it! Oh, well, now, if we can just do something about her hair.
Langston: Do I look 40?
Starr: Not a day over 38.

[Blair and Adriana argue while Dorian tries to change the subject]
Blair: I warned you about taking Marcie and Michael's side over mine and Todd's!
Adriana: You mean you banished me from the family?
Langston: This is like watching a train wreck.
Starr: Oh, it gets worse.

[Starr worries about how Cole is handling Marty's death]
Starr: I keep trying to make him feel better, but -- God, he makes me feel like I'm making him feel worse. What -- you've been through this, Langston. What am I doing wrong?
Langston: You're not doing anything wrong.
Starr: You're right -- I'm just great. You're my best friend and your parents died and you didn't tell me for a year and a half. And now, my boyfriend just lost his mom and he doesn't want to be anywhere near me.
Langston: Maybe you're just a little too much in "I'm here for you" mode.
Starr: How can that be, Langston? I've barely seen him since everything happened.
Langston: Starr, Cole still loves you. But you're here right now and his mom's gone forever, and that's more important to him right now. It's more important than you are. And you need to find a way to let him know that you're okay with that, because you're right -- he needs you so much right now, just like I did.

Langston: All right, I really don't want to get anything on this dress.
Starr: Look at you sounding like a fashionista.
Langston: I only wore it to make your aunt happy.
Starr: Oh, sure.
Langston: You know what? Take a picture just to prove that I actually wore this once.

Langston: You know what?
Starr: Hmm?
Langston: As much as I miss my house and my old life, I do love living here. That's because of you, Starr.