Thirtysomething (TV Series)

Nice Work If You Can Get It (1987)

Polly Draper: Ellyn Warren

Quotes 

• Ellyn Warren : Oh, what is wrong with me? For months, I'm having fantasies about being trapped in the stockroom with this guy, and then he kisses me, and I totally fall apart.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : He's your boss, and you know that office romance leads to disaster.

  Ellyn Warren : Are you kidding? I would welcome disaster. At least I'd go out with a bang.

• Ellyn Warren : So, Michael really wants this job, right?I figured. I mean, the supermarket at 10:00 at night?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : I do my best shopping then. No lines, no waiting, no Janey.

  Ellyn Warren : [checking out another customer]  No wedding ring.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : God, you got sharp eyes.

  Ellyn Warren : So, why didn't he ask me?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : He didn't want you to think that he was imposing on your friendship.

  Ellyn Warren : Are you kidding? What friendship? I don't even like Michael.

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : But you respect him.

• Michael Steadman : I just thought I'd come by and... and tell you that I... I really, really hate you.

  Ellyn Warren : Thanks. Thanks.

  Michael Steadman : You're probably expecting an apology, huh, for the atrocious work we did, but I figured, hey, you hired us, you deserved it. So...

  Ellyn Warren : It wasn't that bad.

  Michael Steadman : Oh, please. I've just been through this. It was... it was a turkey. I'll live.

  Ellyn Warren : It was totally unfair, and we gave you no time.

  Michael Steadman : Oh? Then I should have asked for more time. But I didn't because I didn't want to look bad, so...

  Ellyn Warren : Well, Michael, I am your friend, if you want to talk to me.

  Michael Steadman : No, no, you're not my friend. You're Hope's friend from grade school or something. You know, it's like when you get married, you're supposed to instantly adopt all your spouse's friends, so you end up with all these fake relationships. I mean, you know, you didn't... you didn't pick this person for a friend. You know, she's just dumped on you.

  Ellyn Warren : Nice image. Thanks.

• Ellyn Warren : Why should I mind?

  Hope Murdoch Steadman : When you're invited to somebody's house for dinner, you don't expect to have to cook it yourself.

  Ellyn Warren : Oh, please. After six weeks of TV dinners, I'd do anything for a home-cooked meal. You don't have a machine that does this?

• Ellyn Warren : Hi. Woodman's waiting. I did a pitch on you guys. He thinks you're the Lautrec and Stravinsky of the ad world. Now all you have to do is be brilliant.

  Elliot Weston : Oh. No problem.

  Michael Steadman : We're dead.