Jay Quote #1343

Quote from Jay in A Sketchy Area

Jay: Get over here! Talk to me. Tell me why you're avoiding your mom.
Alex: Okay. Well, I've been on a science track my whole life, which my parents love. "Alex the scientist." But lately, I've been having second thoughts. I've always loved singing, and... and I've been doing some open-mic nights recently, and it's been going really well.
Jay: I see where this is going. Sing for me.
Alex: What, like right now?
Jay: Just sing.
Alex: ♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪ ♪ Skies are blue ♪
Jay: That was great. Stick to science.
Alex: Wow. You really got a knack for pep talks in this house.

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 ‘A Sketchy Area’ Quotes

Quote from Jay

Jay: Does anybody else find that [ping pong game] distracting?
Mia: Actually, it's great for left-brain stimulation.
Claire: I got winner!
Mia: We don't keep score.
Claire: No?
Man: [muffled] Watch out!
Jay: What the hell?!
Nick: You don't know about Zorbing? It promotes mind/body balance. It's kind of like the German version of Flerming.
Jay: Okay, that's it. Now, I'm about to introduce you squids to a little thing called back-breaking, soul-crushing hard work. How many heart attacks have you had here in the last five years? Zero? Where am I?! America loves closets, and I'm here to build them, damn it! And you get this [ping pong ball] back when I see people pull up in the morning crying in their cars.

Quote from Gloria

Alex: Okay, I've been feeling some pressure about what to do after I graduate this year, and my parents are constantly asking me about it.
Gloria: I thought that you were going to work.
Alex: So did I, but lately, I've been questioning everything. I even thought about becoming a fellow.
Gloria: [gasps] Ay, Alex, that's a big change. But at least you get to keep the same name.
Alex: I'm not even sure it's what I really want.
Gloria: Okay, you have to be very sure, because I heard it's even harder to reverse it.

Quote from Claire

Claire: [aside to camera] Just as I feared, my dad had crushed the spirit of everyone in that office. I had to do something to prove we weren't some stuffy killjoys. It was time to bust out Party Claire. [chuckles] She'd retired after spring break '89. [sniffs] And again in '92.