Margot quotes from Margot at the Wedding (2007)

Malcolm

Paul apologizes for not coming. She's still getting the house ready.

Margot

I'm sorry it was such short notice.

Malcolm

I don't care. Paul's frantic, but I don't give a shit. Oh, and Ingrid wants me to tell you that she made us all bracelets.

Ingrid

No, I said we should wait.

Malcolm

I thought you asked me to tell them. Anyways, I got Knicks colors.

Ingrid

They're not Knicks colors!

Margot

It's beautiful, Ingrid.

Ingrid

Where's your dad and Josh?

Claude

They might come later.

Margot

Josh's spring break is next week, and then Jim teaches through Friday. Then he opens the house in Vermont on the weekend.

Malcolm

It means a lot to Pauline that you came.

Margot

Good.

Malcolm

Holy Jesus! Watch it, dicksack! God! If you're wondering about the mustache...

Margot

No, I wasn't.

Malcolm

I had a full beard for a while, and then when I shaved it I left this part for last, you know, to see how it looked. And... it's meant to be funny.

Margot

I thought he was a musician.

Pauline

Well, music's officially a hobby. He's painting now, and writing letters to newspapers and magazines. He's very meticulous. He'll spend up to a week writing a response to a music review. He's incredibly smart. Maybe too smart, I don't know. We're doing very well.

Claude

Did she poop in her pants?

Margot

It happens to everyone, not just babies. It will happen to you too someday.

Pauline

I was dating that guy Horace back then. Do you remember him?

Margot

Was that the guy who liked to rough you up?

Pauline

No, that was our dad.

Margot

Our dad used to strip down to his skivvies and beat us with a belt.

Malcolm

That man had a sexual screw loose.

Pauline

That's awful, that stuff that happens to kids. Malcolm was fondled by a male babysitter.

Malcolm

Just use that information however you want.

Margot

You didn't notice anything different about Pauline?

Claude

No.

Margot

She's pregnant. She told me. She's keeping it a secret from Malcolm and even Ingrid, which I think is unforgivable. Now she's gonna have to marry him. What's she planning on doing, getting married and not drinking champagne? Then she's just gonna be lying. I guess she's afraid she'll miscarry. She probably will. I think on some level, she's ambivalent about the marriage. That's why she's not telling him.

Claude

Are you stoned, Mom?

Margot

Maybe a little.

Claude

I don't like it.

Margot

He's doing the interview with me in town on Friday. Did I tell you he and I are collaborating on a screenplay? An adaptation of one of Dick's novels.

Pauline

No. I didn't even know you knew he was up here.

Malcolm

Is he even a good writer? Why do people care about him?

Pauline

You're competitive with everyone. It doesn't even matter if they do the same thing as you. He's competitive with Bono.

Malcolm

It's true. I don't subscribe to the credo that there's enough room for everyone to be successful. I think there are only a few spots available, and people like Dick Koosman and Bono are taking them up. [continues drawing a picture of a man and woman having sex]

Margot

Malcolm, what would ever make you think that's something to draw right now?

Malcolm

Sorry. I wasn't thinking about it. Sorry Margot.

Margot

You know, Pauline told me she's very disappointed in you.

Claude

Why?

Margot

She thinks you laze about the house. Ingrid is always offering to help clean or cook. She made bracelets for all the guests. Even Malcolm puts up the tent. You just wait until everyone else does it for you.

Claude

That's not true.

Margot

It is true. I wish I taught you better manners...

Claude

I can try to make pop-overs. If I remember how...

Margot

Don't bother.

Claude

Why are you looking at me like that?

Margot

I just see how much you've changed. Your body language. You used to be rounder and more graceful. You're so stiff now, so blasé.

Claude

What do you mean?

Margot

I can't explain it.

Margot

It's okay, though.

Claude

Uh-huh.

Margot

You're still handsome!