Zoe Saldaña credited as playing...
Eva
- [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 the subway. They don't need to spend sixty dollars on a ballet ticket.
- [to Sergei]
- Instructor: Though she has a point.
- Eva Rodriguez: I screwed up any chance I had back in September. But I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and I'm gonna keep on dancing long after it. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.
- Erik Jones: My stage name is Erik O. Jones after Oprah. She is my idol.
- Eva Rodriguez: Eva Rodriquez, after no one.
- Erik Jones: Oh, an individual. I like it.
- Jim Gordon: Have you seen my girlfriend? Tall, thin, legs for days?
- Eva: Yeah, I pitched her overboard.
- Eva Rodriguez: Truth? In terms of technique, you are behind. But the people here know what they're looking for. And on the day of you audition, they saw it. In you.
- Jody Sawyer: Now all they see is the wrong body type.
- Erik Jones: Where are you going?
- Eva: We're going out for a smoke.
- Erik Jones: Oh, come downstairs. It's Marlboro country.
- Maureen Cummings: I'm just trying to be honest. That's what friends do.
- Eva: [sarcastic] I guess that would explain why you have so many friends.
- Jonathan Reeves: [to the casual bubblegum-chewing late-comer] And you are?
- Eva: Eva Rodriguez.
- Jonathan Reeves: So glad you could fit us into your busy schedule, Eva.
- Eva: [with a big smile] Oh, no sweat.
- Juliette: [inspecting graceful ballerinas] Mm-hmm. Nice long lines, ladies. With the energy coming up over your head.
- [finds one that isn't quite up to standard]
- Juliette: What's your name, dear?
- Jody Sawyer: Jody Sawyer.
- Juliette: You need to concentrate on your turnout.
- [Jody tries rectifying her stance]
- Juliette: From the hip.
- [some improvement]
- Juliette: Mm-hmm.
- [moves on down the line at the bar towards bubblegum-chewing non-regulation Eva]
- Juliette: We have a dress code here. Black leotard, pink tights.
- Eva: Stylish.
- [insolent grin]
- Juliette: [not amused] No gum.
- [Eva smirks at her, then swallows her wad]
- Juliette: Get your hair off your face!