SpaceCamp (1986)

Lea Thompson: Kathryn

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Quotes 

• Kathryn : Why are you so hard on me?

  Andie : Because someday, you're goin' up. But the only way that will happen is if you have every drill here down better than everyone else. There's no room for mistakes. Every 'i' dotted, every 't' crossed. That's the way I learned it. That's the way you'll learn it. You copy?

  Kathryn : I copy.

• Kathryn : My mom always says that being boss and being bossy aren't the same.

• Kathryn : In space, anything is possible.

• Kathryn : It's just that it's easier to say you don't care, than it is to try and fail.

• Tish : What're you gonna write your essay on?

  Kathryn : [Kathryn has been made Pilot after specifically requesting Shuttle Commander]  "Why I'm Going to be the First Female Shuttle Commander."

  Tish : Oh, that oughta go down REAL big.

  Kathryn : Yeah, Andy'll love that. What about you?

  Tish : I'm gonna do "I want to go into space to find creatures that exist on chemicals other than carbon and oxygen."

  Kathryn : You should visit my high school!

• Kathryn : Wait a minute!

  Kevin : We don't have a minute. What's wrong?

• Tish : What're you doing...?

  Kathryn : Trying to figure out how to work this thing...

  Tish : What, the multi-access trainer?

  Kathryn : Yeah... you know anything about it?

  Tish : [closes her eyes, reciting from memory]  Three concentric circles spinning in opposite directions; object to stabilize utilizing hand controls.

  [Kathryn is amazed; Tish offers her a piece of gum] 

  Tish : You wanna piece...?

  Kathryn : [taking it]  ... How'd you know all that?

  Tish : I remember everything I read. It's a real drag, sometimes; my mind gets totally cluttered.

  Kathryn : What'd you get on your SATs?

  Tish : 800's.

  [the highest SAT scores available at the time] 

• Kevin : You know, there's this, uh, full moon out tonight.

  Kathryn : What, are you gonna turn into a werewolf or something like that?

• Kevin : So, you're really into this space stuff, huh?

  Kathryn : Yeah. Ever since I was a little girl. My dad used to take me up in his plane and hold me on his lap. Sometimes at night I used to reach out and try to touch the stars.