Changeling (2008)

Amy Ryan: Carol Dexter

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• Carol Dexter : Everybody knows women are fragile. I mean, they're all emotions, no logic, there's nothing going on upstairs. Every once in a while, they say something that's a little inconvenient, they just go fucking nuts. Pardon my French. If we're insane, nobody has to listen to us. I mean, who are you going to believe, some crazy woman trying to destroy the integrity of the force, or a police officer?

• Christine Collins : I'm perfectly sane and I will explain that to them.

  Carol Dexter : How ? The more you try to act sane, the crazier you start to look. If you smile too much, you are delusional or you are stifling hysteria. If you don't smile, you are depressed. If you remain neutral, you are emotionally withdrawn, potentially catatonic.