Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)
Recreation (2004)
Amber Tamblyn: Joan Girardi
Quotes
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[Friedman is looking at photos of Joan as a baby]
Friedman : Look at the legs on her.
Joan : Are those my baby pictures?
Grace Polk : Impressive use of fat.
Joan : This is a nightmare!
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Adam : You're promoting intimacy.
Joan Girardi : They're my parents.
Adam : Well, what about us?
Joan Girardi : What about us?
Adam : What about us?
Joan Girardi : What *about* us?
Adam : What about...
Joan Girardi : Is it just me or is this going nowhere?
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Liquor Store Clerk God : Joan, you did invite Adam?
Joan : Sure.
Liquor Store Clerk God : And he realizes you're inviting him?
Joan : As in a date?
Liquor Store Clerk God : Figure it out.
Luke : I'm sorry, he's approving your guest list?
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Joan : God smokes?
Liquor Store Clerk God : I don't inhale.
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Adam : Maybe I'm bad at stuff like this... but we kissed. It's not like I've kissed a lot of girls. Maybe I've only kissed one.
Joan Girardi : Right.
Adam : Well maybe it meant something to me.
Joan Girardi : Maybe it meant something to me, too.
Adam : I don't... I don't know what to do with it now.
Joan Girardi : [chuckles] Me neither.
Adam : Maybe it's like that anti-drug guy said, you know? Romantic love is like a mental illness. It just happens and then what are you gonna do?
Joan Girardi : Maybe we're just not ready.
Adam : Okay. I accept that. Were you ready for that other guy?
[Referencing God, whom Joan was dancing with at the party]
Joan Girardi : That's different.
[after a long pause]
Joan Girardi : Hey, wanna dance?
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Cute Boy God : You wanna dance?
Joan : Can I say no?
Cute Boy God : Of course you can.
[Cute Boy God takes garbage from Joan and sets it down]
Cute Boy God : Come on.
[They begin slow dancing]
Cute Boy God : So how did you like your party?
Joan : I don't. What's the big idea?
Cute Boy God : The big idea is recreation. You know what that means?
Joan : Whatever.
Cute Boy God : Well let's break the word down, shall we. Re-create, to create again, begin again, to start over. People need to do that. Work is fine, but every now and then you got to take a break and recreate. Adam is confused.
Joan : Adam is always confused.
Cute Boy God : Okay, well you're introducing new levels of confusion.
Joan : I'm not ready to couple.
Cute Boy God : So tell him. Remember, recreation isn't about relaxing, it's about redefining.
Joan : Redefining what?
Cute Boy God : Whatever's become undefined.
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Kevin Girardi : Pancakes, Joan, not pan bricks.
Joan : I don't get it. I followed the directions on the box.
Luke : [picking up a perfect pancake] Ah, eureka!
Joan : How'd you do that?
Luke : It's a chemical equation. It's all about conducting heat. J-Joan, you're not gonna get any molecular movement with Teflon.
Joan : You learned how to cook in AP Chem? Since when?
Luke : The whole flame on the flask idea? That's cooking.
Joan : All I learned in there is how to make soap.
Kevin Girardi : Looks like what you're doing right now.
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Dr. Halliwell God : Did you like my speech, Joan?
Joan : Drugs are bad? That's not a new message. And since you're here, you invented drugs, didn't you?
Dr. Halliwell God : I invented rattlesnakes; doesn't mean I want you playing around with them.
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Lt. Det. Toni Williams : I'm Sergeant Williams. We received a noise complaint. Think it's about time to break things up.
Joan : Thank God.
[to her party guests]
Joan : Everybody, the police are here! Time to get out! Come on, clear out!
