Ordinary People Quotes

Ordinary People is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Ordinary People stopped airing in 1970.

It features Ronald L. Schwary as producer, Marvin Hamlisch in charge of musical score, and John Bailey (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Ordinary People is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Ordinary People is 124 minutes long. Ordinary People is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Elizabeth McGovern as Jeannine, Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett, Dinah Manoff as Karen, Quinn Redeker as Ward, Mariclare Costello as Audrey, Fredric Lehne as Lazenby, and Scott Doebler as Buck.

Ordinary People Quotes

Elizabeth McGovern as Jeannine

• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Hey, you stand behind me in the choir, you sing well, you have a lot of energy."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Oh you do, I mean, I do?"
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "I mean that's a good thing. I'm Jeannine Pratt."
• (Gail) "And you're Conrad Jarrett, remember?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Yeah, right."
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Well I'll see you around."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Bye."
• (Fredric Lehne) "You have a lot of energy."

• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Anyway."
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Hm, what?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Oh just anyway. It's a conversation starter."
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Hm, catchy."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "I knew you'd like it, I've been working on it all day."

• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Can you ever break the ball?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "You can't break the ball. Can't break the floor. Can't break anything in a bowling alley. And that's what I like about bowling alleys. Can't even break the record."

• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Did it hurt?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "I don't remember, really."
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "You don't want to talk about it?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "I've never really talked about it. To doctors. But, not to anyone else. You're the first who's asked."
• (Elizabeth McGovern) "Why did you do it?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Uh -- I don't know. It was like -- falling into a hole. It keeps getting bigger and bigger and you can't escape. All of a sudden, it's inside -- and you're the hole. You're trapped. And it's all over. Something like that. It's not really scary -- except when you think back on it. 'Cause you know what you were feeling --"

Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett

• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "What I'm -- gonna say -- will sound strange."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "What happened? Come inside."
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "Could we talk about Buck's funeral?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Whaaaat?"
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "It'll seem trivial. But, it's on my mind and I'd like to talk about it. When I was getting dressed for Buck's funeral --"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Calvin, what's the matter with you?"
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "Just let me get it off my chest,OK?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "What could getting dressed for Buck's funeral -- have to do with anything, right now?"
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "I was wearing a blue shirt. You said, "wear a white shirt and the other shoes." It was nothing at the time, but, it seemed to stay with me. And I, for some reason, had been thinking about it and it suddenly occurred to me, what difference did it make what I wore to Buck's funeral?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Uh, huh."
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "Just hear me out, Beth, it won't hurt you to listen."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "I won't listen to that. No one in their right mind would listen to that."
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "I just want to talk about something I always remembered."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Why do you want to remind me?"
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "Because I've always wondered, in some needling way, what it mattered what I wore. I was crazy that day. We were going to our son's funeral and you were worried about what I wore on my feet. I'm sure it sounds like nothing to you, but it stuck with me and I just wanted -- to tell you about it."

• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "I made a 74 on a trig quiz."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Oh really? Gosh I was awful at trig."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Oh. Really? You took trig?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "No -- wait a minute -- ha, did I take trig? Huh -- anyway, I bought you two shirts they're on your bed."

• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Calvin? Why are you crying? Can I, uh -- can I get you something?"
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "I don't --"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "What did you say? Calvin, what did you say? Tell me."
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "You are beautiful. And you are unpredictable. But you're so cautious. You're determined, Beth; but you know something? You're not strong. And I don't know if you're really giving. Tell me something. Do you love me? You really love me?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "I feel the way I've always felt about you."
• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "We would have been all right if there hadn't been any mess. But you can't handle mess. You need everything neat and easy. I don't know. Maybe you can't love anybody. It was so much Buck. When Buck died, it was as if you buried all your love with him, and I don't understand that, I just don't know, I don't -- maybe it wasn't even Buck; maybe it was just you. Maybe, finally, it was the best of you that you buried. But whatever it was -- I don't know who you are. I don't know what we've been playing at. So I was crying. Because I don't know if I love you anymore. And I don't know what I'm going to do without that."

• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Give her the god****ed camera."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Smile."

• (Mary Tyler Moore) "You know, I think this can be saved. It's a nice clean break."

• (Calvin "Cal" Jarrett) "He just wants to know that you don't hate him."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Hate him. How could I hate him? Mothers don't hate their sons. Is that what he told you? You see how you believe everything he tells you? And you can't do the same for me, you can't. GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE WANTS FROM ME ANYMORE."
• (Quinn Redeker) "Beth, we don't want anything from you; Audrey, Cal, Connie and Me, we just want you to be happy."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Happy. Ward, you tell me the definition of happy. But first you better make sure your kids are good and safe, that they haven't fallen of a horse, been hit by a car, or drown in that swimming pool you're so proud of."
• (Mariclare Costello) "Oh Beth."
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Then, you come and tell me how to be happy."

• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Can I help?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Help with what?"
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "With -- this?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "No. I'll tell you what you can do is go upstairs to that room of yours and clean out the closet."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "Mom?"
• (Mary Tyler Moore) "Okay? Because it really is a mess."

Scott Doebler as Buck

• (Scott Doebler) "Dad's gonna haul our asses when we get back."
• (Conrad "Con" Jarrett) "I don't think it's so god****ed funny"

Dinah Manoff as Karen

• (Dinah Manoff) "Conrad. Let's have a great Christmas. Let's have -- a great year. Let's have the best year of our whole lives. We can, you know -- this could be the best one ever."

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