Instructor Quotes in Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Janet: That is not fair. That is not *fair*! That is *not fair*! Seventy-four is the perfect weight!

Lisa: [to Daisy] Good luck, crazy bitch.

Instructor: Now what kind of tree can you be, Janet, down there on the floor?

Janet: I'm a fucking shrub, all right?

Instructor: Can you lose?

Slim: No.

Instructor: Can he hurt you?

Slim: No.

Instructor: Even though he's bigger...

Slim: He's a lot bigger...

Instructor: Even though he's stronger...

Slim: He's a lot stronger...

Instructor: So how do you win? How?

Slim: I attack.

Instructor: And what do you do after you attack?

Slim: Nothing.

Instructor: Why nothing?

Slim: Because I never stop attacking.

Instructor: You're down, lying there seemingly beaten. Hear me. Hold onto my voice. He's standing over you. He thinks he's won. And as sure as he's a coward, he will try to kick you. But because you know what he'll do, you're smiling inside.

[In pas de deux class]

Sergei: I am your slave.

Eva Rodriguez: I'd believe it more if you weren't staring at your fucking reflection when you said it.

Instructor: If someone wants to hear profanity, Miss Rodriguez, they can take a subway. They don't need to spend sixty dollars on a ballet ticket.

[to Sergei]

Instructor: Though she has a point.

Instructor: Just dance the shit out of there!