Gretta James quotes from Begin Again (2014)
Played by Keira Knightley
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Are you really an A&R man? You look more like a homeless man.
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I think you've let your troubles get in the way of your entire life.
Scenes with Gretta James
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Dan: That's some song you got there. I promise you it could be a big hit. Plus, you're beautiful.
Gretta: Sorry, what's beauty got to do with anything?
Dan: Jesus, you're tricky, aren't you?
Gretta: Sorry, what's beauty got to do with anything?
Dan: Jesus, you're tricky, aren't you?
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Gretta: You can't sign me, and I don't want to be signed.
Dan: That's right! What's not to like?
Dan: That's right! What's not to like?
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Gretta: You know, I told you, I write songs from time to time.
Dan: What do you write them for?
Gretta: What do you mean, "what for"? For my pleasure and for my cat.
Dan: Oh really? Does he like them?
Gretta: She. Yes, she seems to.
Dan: How do you know?
Gretta: Because she purrs.
Dan: Maybe she's booing.
Gretta: No, she purrs at Leonard Cohen, too, and she has very good taste.
Dan: Maybe she's **** with you.
Dan: What do you write them for?
Gretta: What do you mean, "what for"? For my pleasure and for my cat.
Dan: Oh really? Does he like them?
Gretta: She. Yes, she seems to.
Dan: How do you know?
Gretta: Because she purrs.
Dan: Maybe she's booing.
Gretta: No, she purrs at Leonard Cohen, too, and she has very good taste.
Dan: Maybe she's **** with you.
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Dan: You can tell a lot about a person by what's on their playlist.
Gretta: I know you can. That's what's worrying me.
Gretta: I know you can. That's what's worrying me.
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Dan: That's what I love about music.
Gretta: What?
Dan: One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning, you know? All these banalities, they're suddenly turned into these... these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From music.
Gretta: What?
Dan: One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning, you know? All these banalities, they're suddenly turned into these... these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From music.
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Dave: But we're just gonna have to find a way to... get through this, get through this together.
Gretta: When did you, like, when did you realize that?
Dave: When you sang to me on my voice-mail. I realized that nobody on Earth in their right mind would ever do anything remotely like that, and... that killed me. That crushed me. You... completely won me over.
Greta: I wasn't trying to win you over, I was trying to tell you to **** off.
Gretta: When did you, like, when did you realize that?
Dave: When you sang to me on my voice-mail. I realized that nobody on Earth in their right mind would ever do anything remotely like that, and... that killed me. That crushed me. You... completely won me over.
Greta: I wasn't trying to win you over, I was trying to tell you to **** off.
Other characters in Begin Again (2014): Dan Mulligan