Zelig (1983)
Mia Farrow: Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
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Quotes
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Leonard Zelig : [while under hypnosis] Your cooking is terrible. Your pancakes - they're - I dump them in the garbage when you're not looking. And the jokes you try and tell when - when you think you're amusing, they're long and pointless, there's no end to them.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : I see. And what else?
Leonard Zelig : I wanna go to bed with you.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : Oh, that surprises me. I didn't think you liked me very much.
Leonard Zelig : I love you.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : You do?
Leonard Zelig : You're very sweet, 'cause you're - you're not as clever as you think you are. You're all mixed up, and nervous, and you're the worst cook. Those pancakes. Oh, I love you. I wanna take care of you. No more pancakes.
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Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : Tell me why you assume the characteristics of the person you're with.
Leonard Zelig : It's safe.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : What do you mean? What do you mean, "safe"?
Leonard Zelig : Safe to - to be like the others.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : You want to be safe?
Leonard Zelig : I wanna be liked.
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Leonard Zelig : I gotta get back to town soon. You know, I teach a course at the psychiatric institute in masturbation and...
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : I see.
Leonard Zelig : I'm a doctor, you know, and I...
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : I see. Guilt-related masturbation.
Leonard Zelig : No, no, no, no. Not guilt-related. I - I teach advanced.
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Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : Who are you?
Leonard Zelig : What do you mean, who am I? I don't know. These are tough questions.
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : Leonard Zelig.
Leonard Zelig : Yes, definitely. Who is he?
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher : You.
Leonard Zelig : No. I'm nobody. I'm nothing.
