Sue Quote #962
Quote from Sue in Role of a Lifetime
Sue: [clears throat] Well, I've just been thinking about something and, yeah, it's been festering a little bit. It just seems like when anything needs doing in this family, everyone comes to me. And I just smile and do everything for everybody, but...
Axl: [imitates buzzer] That is not family meeting-worthy. Thanks for playing.
Frankie: Uh, as I recall at the last family meeting, we voted four to one that you were not to make buzzer noises at anyone. Continue.
Sue: And the truth is, sometimes I like helping you guys, and I'm not saying I never want to do it. I just don't want it to be assumed that I'm the one person who does it all. Like, Dad. When you came to me and wanted me to get everything for your 25th anniversary, normally I...
Mike: Axl, buzzer. Buzzer.
Sue: ...wouldn't mind getting a gift and card and making reservations, but this time, I just sort of thought, "Should I really be doing this?" And, Axl and Brick, when I came to you guys for help, you just sat there like statues. Exactly! Exactly like that!
Axl: We help with stuff. I helped you clean your room once.
Sue: You threw all my books out the window!
Axl: [snickers] Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Sue: When Brick says he has homework, who feeds Doris for him? I do. Or, like when Axl says I should clean the bathroom because I have the longest hair, which, by the way, is no longer true. I just feels like am Go-To-Sue, and I am wondering why? Why is that my role?
The Middle Quotes
‘Role of a Lifetime’ Quotes
Quote from Brick
Brick: You're not gonna believe this. Today, in the hall between third and fourth period, I saw Cindy... hatless. Hatless! That's not a tic. I'm just repeating it for emphasis. [whispers] Emphasis. Damn it.
Quote from Brick
Brick: You think my role in the family is being nothing? Well... you are correct.
Frankie: Wait, what?
Brick: That's right. I demand nothing. I'm the cactus that grows without the water of attention. I didn't need braces, I have no after-school activities that require your attendance, I don't burden you with worrying about me staying out too late with "friends."
Mike: He's got a point there.
Brick: My role as the unnoticed is perhaps the most important one in the family. Because I ask for nothing, you guys don't have to do anything. You don't have to thank me. I just appreciate you hearing me out.
Quote from Frankie
Brick: Hey, while we're airing dirty laundry, which I'm wearing, by the way, I've worn the same outfit for three weeks.
Frankie: Hey, buzz, buzz! You think you have it bad? I have to be the beacon of hope for this family. I have to make sure everyone's emotional needs are met. And, by the way, if it weren't for me, we wouldn't even have a family to have a family meeting about, 'cause I pushed every single one of you out of my body! [all groan] That's right. I gave you life!
Axl: Yeah, you gave us this life! Not exactly something to brag about. [overlapping bickering]