The Rules of Attraction (2002)

Shannyn Sossamon: Lauren Hynde

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• Sean Bateman : I just want to know you.

  Lauren : Nobody knows anyone. You will never ever know me.

• [first lines] 

  Lauren : and it's a story that might bore you, but you don't have to listen, because I always knew it was going to be like that.

• Mr. Lance Lawson : Can I interest you in a turn-on?

  Lauren : Um... no thanks.

  Mr. Lance Lawson : Well... don't mind if I do.

  Lauren : Are-are we gonna do it on the couch or...

  Mr. Lance Lawson : Do what?

  Lauren : You know, "it"...

  Mr. Lance Lawson : What? Fuck...? Oh, are you mad? I'm a married man. And I would lose my tenure...

  Lauren : But... aren't you coming onto me?

  Mr. Lance Lawson : Well... for a hummer, sure... I'm quite aware of your abilities, Ms. Hyde. And it certainly couldn't hurt your GPA. So... Shall we?

• Lauren : Abstinence is 100% safe, which is less of a percentage than...

  Lara : Whatever, I don't care, I don't major in math.

• [Describing Victor] 

  Lauren Hynde : Victor was a Junior, a Drama major, just back from Europe, with a great body, these amazing gray eyes and only a little gay...

• Lauren : I always knew it would be like this.

• Lara : It's amazing how much weight you lose when you go off The Pill.

  Lauren : Which is nothing compared to the fifty pounds you gain when you get knocked up.

• Lara : How do I look?

  Lauren : You look kind of skinny, actually.

  Lara : Skinny, really? Bulimic skinny or anorexic skinny?

  Lauren : What's the difference?

  Lara : Bulimic skinny passes for healthy, except your teeth rot. But my teeth aren't rotting, so...

  Lauren : So you look bulimic skinny.

• Sean Bateman : Are you here for that class?

  Lauren Hynde : The tutorial on the post modern condition? It's been cancelled.

  Sean Bateman : Typical.

  Lauren Hynde : I haven't seen you in it before.

  Sean Bateman : That's what's so typical. This was the first time I bothered to show up.

  Lauren Hynde : You've got bad timing.

  Sean Bateman : Saturdays suck. I don't have to put up with this bullshit. I'm dropping this class.

  Lauren Hynde : Me too.

  Sean Bateman : Really?

  Lauren Hynde : Yeah. I think I'm gonna change my major.

  Sean Bateman : To what?

  Lauren Hynde : I don't know yet. What's yours?

  Sean Bateman : I don't even know.

• Sean Bateman : Lauren wait, Lauren... Hey, hey Lauren

  Lauren : Oh My God!

  Sean Bateman : Can we talk?

  Lauren : NO!

  Sean Bateman : Lauren don't walk away. HEY! I really did try to kill myself... just before I faked it.

  Lauren : Wow Sean, it's over.

  Sean Bateman : No it's not!

  Lauren : Ya it is, I'm in love with somebody else.

  Sean Bateman : Who?

  Lauren : My old boyfriend Victor. Plus its none of your fucking business.

  Sean Bateman : Victor?

  Lauren : Ya.

  Sean Bateman : What, then why the fuck did you write me those letters?

  Lauren : Wow. Deal with it Sean it's over, Rock and Roll.

  Sean Bateman : Lauren I want to know you

  Lauren : What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.

• [first lines] 

  Lauren : It's a story that might bore you, but you don't have to listen, because I always knew it was going to be like that.