Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Jamie Lee Curtis: Deirdre Beaubeirdre

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• Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Mrs. Wang? Mrs. Wang? Hello? Look, I'm sure you have a lot on your mind, but I cannot imagine anything mattering more than the conversation we are now having concerning your tax liability. Need I remind you that there is already a lien on your property? Repossession is well within our rights.

  Evelyn Wang : I know. I am paying attention.

  [Deirdre gestures behind her to some very suggestively-looking trophies behind her with her name on them] 

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Do you see these? You don't get one of these unless you've seen a lot of bullshit. Excuse my French. Now you may only see a pile of boring forms and numbers, but I see a story. With nothing but a stack of receipts, I can trace the ups and downs of your lives. And it does not look good. It. Does. Not. Look Good.

  Waymond Wang : Sorry, my wife confuses her hobbies for businesses! An honest mistake.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Oh. Okay. Well, with all of these "honest mistakes", I mean, even if we don't charge you with fraud, we'll most certainly have to fine you for gross negligence.

• Evelyn Wang : What did my silly husband say to you?

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : He told me about your situation. I remember when my husband served me papers. I drove his Kia Forte through my neighbor's kitchen. But you know what I say? It's cold, unlovable bitches like us that make the world go round.

  Evelyn Wang : That's not true. You're not unlovable.

• [in the middle of the tax meeting] 

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Mrs. Wang? Mrs. Wang, are you with us?

  Evelyn Wang : Yes. Of course. I am here. Just... thinking.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Oh, okay. Well, I was just hoping that you could explain this.

  [Deidre places a receipt on the table. Evelyn looks at it] 

  Evelyn Wang : This is a receipt. My receipt.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Look, I... I was just hoping that you could enlighten me as to how, as a laundromat owner, a *karaoke machine* could constitute a business expense.

  Evelyn Wang : [meekly]  I am a singer.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : [sighs]  Of course you are.

  Waymond Wang : It's true. She has a beautiful voice! Oh! Evelyn, sing a song for her.

  Evelyn Wang : Shh!

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : No, no, please. That will not be necessary. But I will need a separate Schedule C for each of these businesses because based on what you're trying to deduct...

  [Deirdre shuffles through a pile of forms, referencing them at random] 

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : ...you're also a novelist and a chef, a teacher, a singing coach, and a "Watsu" technician. I'm sorry, what... what is "Watsu"?

  Waymond Wang : It's a water massage.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : What's a water massage?

  Waymond Wang : Like for back pain. You go get a water massage.

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Oh, you go?

  Waymond Wang : Yes.

• [last lines] 

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Evelyn! Did you hear me?

  Evelyn Wang : Sorry, what did you say?

• Evelyn Wang : You're not unlovable. You're not unlovable!

  Deirdre Beaubeirdra : What are you talking about?

  Evelyn Wang : There is always something to love. Even in a stupid, stupid universe where we have hot dogs for fingers, we'd get very good with our feet.

• Deirdre Beaubeirdra : Unlovable bitches like us make the world go 'round.