Lisa Swenson Quotes in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Amber Atkins: [crying after her tap costume disappears] I just wanted to compete.

Lisa Swenson: I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe she said...

[thinks for a moment than takes her jacket off]

Lisa Swenson: Amber, here, my jacket, take it, cos you know I know I got my costume OK'd a month ago before the pageant, you can wear it! Come on, put it on, here...

Michelle Johnson: Oh wow... Lisa, I don't think you should do this.

Leslie Miller: They're never gonna let you perform naked. I asked.

Lisa Swenson: Shut up, you guys.

Amber Atkins: No...

Lisa Swenson: Amber, I'm not gonna to win. OK? And let's be honest our family only needs one Liza and and Peter's got much better legs than me

Amber Atkins: Your parents'll kill ya.

Lisa Swenson: Come on, I love 'em... And you know that they only had me cos Peter needed that kidney.

Lisa Swenson: [being interviewed for the documentary] I fell in love with the big apple last summer when I was visiting my brother Peter there. He followed his dream all the way to New York... Wait, this is Peter as Liza. This is him as Madonna...

[she kisses the picture]

Lisa Swenson: This is Barbara.

[after the pageant, where Lisa let Amber take her place]

Lisa Swenson's Father: I hope it was worth it.

Lisa Swenson: Dad, it was worth it. Amber shoulda won.

Lisa Swenson's Father: Yeah, well, I'll tell you one thing, Peter never would have pulled a shenanigan like this.

Lisa Swenson: Well, you know what, Dad? You know what? Peter's gay.

[shouts]

Lisa Swenson: GAY!

[she walks off]

Lisa Swenson's Father: What?

Lisa Swenson: Why? Well, ah, it's kind of like askin' why all the guys chew Copenhagen, you know? I mea - If you're 17, and you're not a total fry, it's just what you do.