Dan Mulligan quotes from Begin Again (2014)
Played by Mark Ruffalo
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I mean, musicians, for the most part, are pretty much monosyllabic teenagers who really don't have that much to say, and that's the good ones, right?
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She's English. She's a little uptight.
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I'm a producer 'cause I don't play bass, baby.
Scenes with Dan Mulligan
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Dan: Don't you know anything about your father?
Violet: Yeah.
Dan: What?
Violet: I do. I know what Mom says.
Dan: What does Mom say?
Violet: She says you're a pathetic loser.
Dan: She says that affectionately.
Violet: Yeah.
Dan: What?
Violet: I do. I know what Mom says.
Dan: What does Mom say?
Violet: She says you're a pathetic loser.
Dan: She says that affectionately.
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Miriam Hart: No girls like her at school. She is distant, and basically, the only people who want to hang out with her are older boys who want to **** her.
Dan: Oh, really? And you find that a big surprise seeing how you let... you let her walk out of the house looking like... I... like... Jodie Foster from Taxi Driver?
Miriam Hart: She dresses the way she wants to, and besides, any daughter who dresses like that only wants one thing.
Dan: A pimp?
Dan: Oh, really? And you find that a big surprise seeing how you let... you let her walk out of the house looking like... I... like... Jodie Foster from Taxi Driver?
Miriam Hart: She dresses the way she wants to, and besides, any daughter who dresses like that only wants one thing.
Dan: A pimp?
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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.
Other characters in Begin Again (2014): Gretta James