A character in Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Dagmar quotes from Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Patricia Clarkson
A line from Dagmar

Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.

Scenes with Dagmar

2 scenes
Dagmar

So, tell me about Karin. I don't know her very well.

Lars

Oh, she's wonderful. Gus and I are very lucky with women - she's wonderful. But she...

Dagmar

That's okay, let's find you something to read.

Lars

No, it's just... between us?

Dagmar

Of course.

Lars

I'm worried about her. I think she has a little problem.

Dagmar

Oh, well, maybe you shouldn't tell me.

Lars

No, that's okay. It's just, and I think it's because she's insecure, it's just, she's just always trying to hug everybody. You know, some people don't like that. Some people don't like to be hugged. But she doesn't realize that. She takes it personally, and, it hurts her feelings. I don't know what to do about that. Do you?

Dagmar

It's such a comfort sometimes, just to have somebody's arms around you. Don't you think?

Lars

No.

Dagmar

It feels good.

Lars

It does not feel good. It, it hurts.

Dagmar

Oh, like a cut, or bruise?

Lars

Like a burn. Like when you go outside and your feet freeze and you come back in and then they thaw out? It's like that. It's almost exactly like that.

Dagmar

Same with everyone?

Lars

Uh, not really with Bianca. But everyone else.

Dagmar

Have there been any changes in the family in the last year or so?

Gus
[while Karin simultaneously nods "Yes"]

No, everything is pretty much exactly the same except Karin is pregnant and Lars is nuts.

Dagmar

You know, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness. It can be a communication; it can be a way to work something out.

Gus

Fantastic. When will it be over?

Dagmar

When he doesn't need it anymore.

Karin

How can we help?

Dagmar

Go along with it.

Karin

Oh, no. No, that's... No.

Gus

Oh, my. No, no, no. No. No, I mean, pretend that she's real? I'm not gonna do that. I mean, I can't. I'm just not gonna do it.

Dagmar

She is real.

Gus

Well...

Dagmar

She's right out there.

Gus

Right, right, I get that, but I'm just not gonna, you know...

Dagmar

You won't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca's in town for a reason.

Gus

But - but...

Dagmar

It's not really a choice.

Karin

Okay. Okay, all right, we'll do it, whatever it takes.

Gus

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone's gonna laugh at him.

Dagmar

And you.

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