Ted Lasso (TV Series)

Goodbye Earl (2021)

Patrick Baladi: John

Quotes 

• John : And remember, this is when tickets to Stomp were tough to get. Anyway, this tall redhead pushes in front of me, so I tap him on the shoulder, he turns around and goes, "Is there a problem?" I go, "Yeah, there's a problem." He goes, "It's all right. It's all right. I know the choreographer." Guess who it was...

  [Rebecca's mind wanders as Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" plays. She looks at other people in the café, a couple in love, one together but detached, and a woman alone but content] 

  John : Is everything okay, Rebecca?

  Rebecca Welton : It's j-- dating is so odd, isn't it?

  John : Yeah.

  Rebecca Welton : I mean, we are all strangers essentially. So I mean, how is it ever possible to truly feel safe with someone? I suppose you can't. You know, my friend, Flo, once told me that intimacy was all about leaving yourself open to being attacked.

  John : Oh.

  Rebecca Welton : Isn't that horrible?

  John : I've not heard that one.

  Rebecca Welton : But I mean, it does make you realize how scary it is, allowing yourself to be intimate again. I mean, you really do have to be brave. And that's it right there, isn't it? I need to be brave enough to let someone... wonderful love me, without fear of being hurt and without fear of being... safe.

  John : Sorry... Are you breaking up with me?

  Rebecca Welton : I'm so sorry. I-- I actually didn't know I was -- going to do that.

  John : [Stunned and hurt, but stoic]  No, no, it's... it's all right.

  Rebecca Welton : Coffees are on me.

  John : Yeah, fair enough. Cheers.