Actually, the first six weeks aren’t a problem. The first six weeks, you’re so exhausted and consumed by these incredibly tedious domestic tasks that you have no time to get depressed.
The Paper (1994)
SUSAN
A screenplay character in The Paper (1994).
- lines
- 7
- words
- 113
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 1.3%
- avg words / line
- 16
- shortest / longest
- 5 / 34
Sample dialogue
Yeah, I thought that too. Seven years ago. Then you find out about child care costs, about guilt over being away all the time, about competing with the’ assholes who don’t have kids --
scene 23, source scene 24 — EXT PATIO RESTAURANT DAY 26Sorry, I’m being a bitch.
scene 23, source scene 24 — EXT PATIO RESTAURANT DAY 26But don’t worry, you’ve got plenty of time for it later.
scene 23, source scene 24 — EXT PATIO RESTAURANT DAY 26But he gets the baby too, and he didn’t have to --
scene 23, source scene 24 — EXT PATIO RESTAURANT DAY 26Actually, the first six weeks aren’t a problem. The first six weeks, you’re so exhausted and consumed by these incredibly tedious domestic tasks that you have no time to get depressed.
scene 23, source scene 24 — EXT PATIO RESTAURANT DAY 26
Bookends
I’m so glad you called me today.