The Art of Getting By (2011)

Freddie Highmore: George Zinavoy

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• George Zinavoy : I read a quote once when I was a kid "We live alone, We die alone. Everything else is just an illusion." it used to keep me up at night.

• George Zinavoy : I'm in love with you. I always have been. I thought you were the unfair one, but it was unfair of me not to say it. So I've said it. I was nothing. I felt like nothing. Less than. You changed that.

• Sally Howe : I have fears but I thought they were pretty run-of-the-mill: pain, death.

  George Zinavoy : Not me. I fear life.

• Sally Howe : You know we're gonna be together one day. We have to sort through all of our messed-up issues and... you have to sleep with a lot of girls to get it out of your system.

  George Zinavoy : Don't go. Please.

  Sally Howe : It's a long life. We're not done.

  George Zinavoy : [teasingly]  Treacherous, sadistic little hussy !

  Sally Howe : I love you too.

• Sally Howe : Do you have any friends, George ?

  George Zinavoy : I'm kind of a misanthrope. Not a choice, just a fact.

• George Zinavoy : I have no idea what I'm doing here.

  Dustin : I don't think anybody does, at least you admit it.

• Sally Howe : What were you like as a child?

  George Zinavoy : I was such a better person than I am now.

  Sally Howe : Come on.

  George Zinavoy : I'm serious. I was happy. I was open. I was curious. But I'll tell you this: I knew when it was ending. I was overwhelmed with sadness when I realized that I was going to change, and that it was all most likely going to get worse, like a nostalgia for the present. I couldn't shake it... What? I'm weird, right?

  Sally Howe : No... No, you're not.

• Sally Howe : Are you okay?

  George Zinavoy : I'm allergic to hormones.

  Sally Howe : What hormones?

  George Zinavoy : My own.

• Sally Howe : Thanks for covering for me.

  George Zinavoy : No problem.

  Sally Howe : Why did you ?

  George Zinavoy : Uhh, I don't know. Uhh, you were doing something so renegade that I thought you deserved to get away with it. I run afoul of the authorities so often, I figured I could handle it better than you.

  Sally Howe : You're really weird.

• Dustin : Isn't it better that it is me? I opposed to some douchebag she just met and wouldn't even let you look at her.

  George Zinavoy : You want me to thank you!

  Dustin : I actually felt something. That doesn't always happen, it hasn't happened in a very long time... and I have lived long enough to know that when it does, you should act on it. I didn't think you were ready.

• George Zinavoy : My favorite part of the book is how the town's layout us described from the perspective of a bee traveling from one side of town to the other. It's so visual. So, I guess what Hardy's doing is aligning his point of view not with an all-seeing God but with an insect: the tiniest, humblest creature in nature. Which is pretty Romantic.

  Ms. Herman : I think you just found your term paper, George.

• George Zinavoy : I'm sorry, I ruined your night.

  Sally Howe : No, I'm sorry. I lost you. I didn't keep my promise.

• George Zinavoy : There you go again with the mind games. Treacherous, sadistic little hussy !

• George Zinavoy : I'm the Teflon slacker.

• Zoe Rubenstein : Would you like me to introduce you to some girls?

  George Zinavoy : What?

  Zoe Rubenstein : I have a lot of slutty friends you might like.

• George Zinavoy : I'm trying to speak to you honestly.

  Vivian Sargent : I don't care, I can't listen to your lies anymore.