Deirdre Beaubeirdra quotes from Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

View Quote Now, you may only see a pile of receipts, but I see a story. I can see where this story is going. And it does not look good. It. Does. Not. Look. Good.

View Quote Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Mrs. Wang, I'm sure you have a lot on your mind, but I cannot imagine anything mattering more than this conversation we are having right now about your tax liability.
Evelyn Wang: I know, I know. I am paying attention.
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Good. Then, can you explain this? [Deidre places a receipt on the table. Evelyn looks at it]
Evelyn Wang: Well, what are we talking about?
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: I was just hoping you could enlighten me on how, as a laundromat owner, a karaoke machine would constitute as a business expense?
Evelyn Wang: I am a singer.
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: What?
Evelyn Wang: I... am... a... singer.
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: [shuffles randomly through a pile of forms] I see, and apparently you are also a novelist, a part-time teacher, a chef, a motivational speaker...
[Deirdre gestures behind her to some very suggestive-looking trophies behind her with her name on them]
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Do you see these? You don't get one of these unless you've seen a lot of bullshit. Excuse my French. Now you may only see a pile of boring forms and numbers, but I see a story. With nothing but a stack of receipts, I can trace the ups and downs of your lives. And it does not look good. It. Does. Not. Look Good.
Waymond Wang: Sorry, my wife confuses her hobbies for businesses! An honest mistake.
Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Oh. Okay. Well, with all of these "honest mistakes", I mean, even if we don't charge you with fraud, we'll most certainly have to fine you for gross negligence.

View Quote Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Did you hear me?
Evelyn Wang: Sorry. What did you say?