About Adam (2000)

Frances O'Connor: Laura Owens

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• Laura Owens : I mean, seriously, Lucy, all these fellas and you've never had anything even approaching, you know, well the madness, the release of a truly great passion.

  Lucy Owens : I know, I know. A big spiritual, physical hopping off the walls in a mad frenzy kind of thing! I mean come on Laura, for all your talk, what do you do? you haven't bothered to go out with anyone since last year, and the last one was that ridiculous bearded guy who drank Pernod.

  Laura Owens : Bernard.

  Lucy Owens : Oo, yeah. Ha ha ha! It's all in your head. You never do anything.

  Laura Owens : Yeah but I will someday, I know I will. What's the difference?

  Laura Owens , Lucy Owens : Cheers!

• Laura Owens : I admit it, I was amazed. He's nothing like anyone you've ever gone out with before, so what's the change?

  Lucy Owens : I'm maturing.

  Laura Owens : Even his name, it's so not you. It's so primal - Adam.

  Lucy Owens : Yeah, yeah, it's a crap name, all right.

  Laura Owens : And he reads. He can quote Christina Rossetti.

  Lucy Owens : Oh. What'd he do that for?

  Laura Owens : It came up and you know, she's not exactly a household name as a poet so I have to say, I approve totally. I just hope you're ready for you know, whatever happens.

  Lucy Owens : Oh yeah, I'm full of surprises. So, are you jealous?

  Laura Owens : Come on, that's unfair.

  Lucy Owens : [voice over of Lucy thinking to herself]  Poor Laura. Of course she's not jealous. Too good-natured. Wouldn't it be deadly, though if it turns out to be me that has this great passion she's always going on about?

  Laura Owens : Hold on a sec, I just want to buy this

  Lucy Owens : [voice over continues]  Another book. Doesn't she know books won't do it?

• [Lucy brings Adam over to meet the family for the first time and Laura watches them enter from the corner] 

  Laura Owens : [voice over]  Lucy said he was shy. He doesn't look shy to me. Why does she always delude herself? Oh, poor mum. So many boyfriends and she tries so hard to like them all. Even Martin. Well, she suffers him for Alice's sake. Whatever else I do, I won't make that mistake. Whatever else I do, nothing basically. Right, be nice.