My So-Called Life (TV Series)
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (1995)
Jared Leto: Jordan Catalano
Quotes
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Jordan : [to Patty] It's like, you think... you're safe or something, cause you can just... walk away, anytime, cause you don't like need her - you don't need anyone. But the thing you didn't realize is, you're wrong.
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Jordan : I blew it.
Brian : Wait, is this the story or?
Jordan : Forget the story. I can't think about some crappy story. My life sucks too much.
Brian : Yeah, how come?
Jordan : Because she hates me and I deserve it. You know who I mean, right?
Brian : Yeah.
Jordan : Today after Katimski's, I tried to explain to her that I was sorry, or whatever.
Brian : So what happened?
Jordan : Nothing. I didn't know what to say.
Brian : Say you're sorry.
[pauses]
Brian : Wait, you can go up to any girl and get her phone number, yet you're afraid to tell Angela Chase you're sorry?
Jordan : So?
Brian : Nothing, it's just ironic.
Jordan : Well, so what?
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Angela : [narration] It's so weird when you see someone you just dreamed about. Like, it's going to show.
Jordan : I can't believe we have to use all those words in a sentence. I mean, not all in the same sentence, but still. So I'm still doing that tutoring thing. You know?
[ignored by Angela]
Jordan : Yeah. So guess what? There's, like, a term for me. I'm a rudimentary reader with low literacy skills. That kid, Brain, figured it out from this manual.
[still is ignored]
Jordan : Uh, what else? Oh, my band got back together. We got a new name. We're Residue now. So I've been, you know, writing songs.
Angela : [interrupts] Why are you telling me all this?
Jordan : I don't know. I mean, you're the one who signed me up for tutoring in the first place.
[pauses]
Jordan : Forget it.
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Jordan : I have all these dreams where I know exactly what to say. And you tell me, you know, that you forgive me.
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Patty : Well I have to say, from everything you've told me, I think it's clear that you never really meant to hurt her.
Jordan : It's like, you think you're safe or something. Because you can just walk away anytime. Because you don't, like, need her. You don't need anyone. But the thing you didn't realize is you're wrong.
[pauses]
Jordan : Do you always wear this much makeup?
Patty : Um, I was expecting company. An old friend. That was he just now on the phone. Seems that he has the touch of the flu or something and he took this decongestant or something and was afraid to drive.
[laughs]
Patty : This was a person who drove so recklessly when he was 17 that my parents wanted him dead.
Jordan : Wow. Ironic.
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Jordan : Angela!
Angela : I'm going to be late for homeroom.
[pauses]
Angela : What?
Jordan : I did an undefendable thing. I created my own prison and I have to exist in it. Maybe I had a wish, or whatever, to punish you. An unconscious wish. You've heard of them, right?
Angela : No, I think so. I can't believe it. What you just said was really amazing.
Jordan : I know.
Angela : Okay.
Jordan : Okay, what?
Angela : Okay, now we can have a serious talk.
Jordan : We just did.
Angela : Oh, come on. You can't hit a person with something that profound and expect that to be the end of the discussion.
Jordan : You can't? Oh, uh, I forgot. I'm late for homeroom.
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Jordan : Okay, let me see. That thing about the prison?
Brian : Just beg her forgiveness! I mean, tell her you're scum. That you're more than scum. That you're not fit to lick her shoes.
[Jordan grimaces]
Brian : I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get insulting.
Jordan : Well, what about that other thing? You said your parents always say.
Brian : My parents are psychiatrists, okay! You can't go by them.
Jordan : What kind of wish?
Brian : Unconscious wish to punish you. I mean her.
Jordan : Got it.
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Jordan : Help me, Brain. Help me figure out something good to say to Angela.
