Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Angela Bettis: Janet

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• Susanna : [reading from a book]  "Borderline Personality Disorder. An instability of self-image, relationships and mood... uncertain about goals, impulsive in activities that are self-damaging, such as casual sex."

  Lisa : I like that.

  Susanna : "Social contrariness and a generally pessimistic attitude are often observed." Well, that's me.

  Lisa : That's everybody.

  Susanna : I mean, what kind of sex isn't casual?

  Janet : They mean promiscuous.

  Susanna : I'm not promiscuous. I'm not.

• Janet : That is not fair. That is not *fair*! That is *not fair*! Seventy-four is the perfect weight!

  Lisa : [to Daisy]  Good luck, crazy bitch.

  Instructor : Now what kind of tree can you be, Janet, down there on the floor?

  Janet : I'm a fucking shrub, all right?

• Lisa : We are very rare and we are mostly men.

  Janet : Lisa thinks she's hot shit cause she's a sociopath.

  Cynthia : I'm a sociopath.

  Lisa : No, you're a dyke.

• Janet : I want my fucking clothes!

  Valerie : Then you'll have to eat something, won't you?

  Janet : [singing]  Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' cotton / Oh Lordy, pick a bale o' hay / Gotta jump down spin around pick a bale o' cotton / Jump down spin around, pick a bale o' hay...

  Valerie : [to Susanna]  She thinks that bothers me.

• Susanna : Oh my God... a guy I know was just drafted.

  Janet : What's his name?

  Susanna : Toby.

  Janet : He's dead now.

• Janet : When they built this place they put the tunnels in so the loons didn't have to go anywhere in the cold.

  Susanna : I must've missed that in the brochure.