Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Patti LuPone: Mona Wassermann
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Quotes
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Mona Wassermann : You think a mother could even help but see through her son's blatant *lies and *falsehoods and endless schemes? You think this is any different from the time you gave me the exact same CD for my birthday that you gave me the year before, and which you also gave your fucking high school counselor? Or when you bought me that kitchen set the very week after I *publicly swore off cooking? Even when you were a baby, you rejected me and refused to breastfeed while every other smug cunt on the street had happy, docile babies sucking their tits dry!
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Mona Wassermann : I'm sure you'll do the Right Thing.
Beau Wassermann : What is the Right Thing?
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Mona Wassermann : That wasn't a dream, it was a memory!
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Mona Wassermann : That was your Father!
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Mona Wassermann : You let things happen to you. Do you think that makes you innocent?
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Mona Wassermann : Do you know what I had to go through to bring you into this World?
Beau Wassermann : I'll make it up to you!
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Mona Wassermann : We don't talk about you any more!
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Mona Wassermann : You're big enough to hurt Mommy, you're big enough for this!
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Mona Wassermann : You've been going around your whole life asking "If I do this, will I avoid this?" As if you don't have the Mechanism!
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Mona Wassermann : He died on top of me, inside. When I think of it I want to rip my ears off.
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Mona Wassermann : Do you want to know the Truth, now?
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Mona Wassermann : I couldn't restrain her from volunteering.
Beau Wassermann : For how much?
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Mona Wassermann : Oh, please, carry on like I'm not here.
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Mona Wassermann : [over the phone] Are you at the airport?
Beau Wassermann : I'm on my way, I just -- it's not safe, is it? What do you think I should do?
Mona Wassermann : [over the phone] I'm sure you'll do the right thing, sweetheart.
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Mona Wassermann : I wanted a Normal Life, I wanted a Child.
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Mona Wassermann : Is my Baby fed, Healthy? Is he scared enough of the World?
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Mona Wassermann : My Baby!
[Gunshot]
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Mona Wassermann : You're going to start to hurt me.
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Mona Wassermann : My Mother never touched me. I had not earned her Love.
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Beau Wassermann : She worked for you?
Mona Wassermann : I seriously doubt that, but if you're right you can tell her she's fired.
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Mona Wassermann : You know what I say when I'm asked how my Son's doing? I say "Your guess is as good as mine!"
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Mona Wassermann : Do you have a concussion, do you know where you are?
Beau Wassermann : I'm in my house.
Mona Wassermann : Actually it's my house. But my house is your house.
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Mona Wassermann : I see you noticing certain types. A girl like that, confident and self-possesed, a man would have to match her. But you could. I'm proud of the man you are.
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Mona Wassermann : Some things are For Your Protection, Beau.
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Mona Wassermann : Feed Harry!
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Mona Wassermann : I am so sorry for what your Dad passed on to you.
[Munchausen by Proxy 101]
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Mona Wassermann : Men are Blind.
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Mona Wassermann : [Had investments in ADHD Medication]
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Mona Wassermann : Only women know women.
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Mona Wassermann : Why isn't it crying?
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Mona Wassermann : Was she The One?
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Mona Wassermann : Nothing is more important than choosing the right companion.
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Mona Wassermann : Over 300 sessions and that's the most flattering you were about me!
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Mona Wassermann : What's next?
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Mona Wassermann : [Bird screeches]
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Mona Wassermann : Get back in there!