Madeline (1998)

Hatty Jones: Madeline

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• Madeline : [losing hope in finding Genevieve]  She's gone. Genevieve's gone.

  Miss Clavel : No, she's not. We'll find her. I *promise* you. We have to have faith.

  Madeline : I used to wish so hard for my parents to be alive again, but you can't make something happen just by wishing for it. Genevieve's gone. She doesn't *have* a home. She *needs* a home.

  Miss Clavel : I know she does.

  Madeline : I need a home, too!

  Miss Clavel : Madeline, you will always have a home.

  Madeline : Yes, but it won't always be with you, will it?

  [silence] 

  Madeline : Will it?

  Miss Clavel : Madeline, there is no place on earth that I'd rather be than with you and the other girls. You know that, don't you?

• Miss Clavel : [Madeline has a cold]  Tea, soup, and covers. I want you to stay under the covers, eat your soup, and drink your tea. You're giving me a gray hair.

  Madeline : Can I see?

  Miss Clavel : No!

  [kisses Madeline's forehead] 

  Miss Clavel : Stay in bed.

  Aggie : Bye, Madeline.

  Madeline : Bye.

• Vicki : [about Pepito]  He's got charisma.

  Madeline : [sarcastic, imitating]  "He's got charisma." You're all googly-eyed!

  Vicki : I'm not googly-eyed!

• Madeline : Morning, Lord Cucuface!

  Lord Covington : What did you call me?

• Miss Clavel : [admiring Pepito's Spanish outfit]  I think you look very handsome, Pepito.

  Madeline : But no one told us this was a costume party.

  Miss Clavel : [whispering]  Madeline.

• [repeated line] 

  Madeline : I can do anything.

• Miss Clavel : What's going on, girls?

  Girls : Nothing!

  Chantal : We're not hiding anything.

  Madeline : I'll tell you what's going on. Lord Cucuface...

  Miss Clavel : Covington.

  Madeline : Cucuface! He's going to sell the school.

  [several girls gasp] 

  Madeline : I heard it!

  Aggie : Is it true?

  Miss Clavel : [sighs softly]  Yes, girls. Lord Covington intends to sell the school.

  [the girls talk indistinctly among themselves about Lord Covington, then Miss Clavel silences them] 

  Miss Clavel : Please... please... please.

  [the girls get silent] 

  Miss Clavel : All of this is no reason for us to stop acting like proper young ladies. We will not fall to pieces, we will maintain composure. Lord *Covington* is showing the house tomorrow, and *I* intend for it to be spot... spotle -...

  [sneezes] 

  Miss Clavel : Spotless.

  Aggie : Bless you.

  Miss Clavel : Thank you. Good night.

  [walks to the doorway to give the girls one last warning] 

  Miss Clavel : And another thing: all of you young ladies know that there is a strict rule against pets in the school. What you do not know is that I'm highly allergic to dogs. Your new friend... can sleep in the garden shed. Now go to...

  [sneezes again] 

  Miss Clavel : Bed.

• Lord Covington : [spotting Madeline in Lady Covington's room at the hospital]  Who gave you permission to be in here?

  Madeline : N-n-nobody, Lord, um, Covington.

  Lord Covington : [takes off his hat]  This is a hospital. It's not a play room. You're not allowed to just wander around.

  Madeline : Yes, sir.

  [she leaves; Lord Covington looks to his wife and smiles] 

• Madeline : [the Idiots are gaining on her and Pepito]  Faster, faster!

  Pepito : Hey, you wanna drive or what?

• Madeline : The Spanish Ambassador's a midget?

  [Pepito looks at Madeline in disbelief] 

  Miss Clavel : Madeline! This is Pepito, the Spanish Ambassador's son.

  Pepito : Hola.

  Mrs. Spanish Ambassador : Pepito, we're off to the races! No leaving the courtyard!

  Pepito : Hasta luego.

  Madeline : That boy's a bad hat.

  Miss Clavel : No, I don't think you should judge people too quickly.

  Madeline : But I guess I understood him quickly.

• Madeline : It is better to be super everything, than super nothing!

• Vicki : Do you happen to know my uncle? He's the British ambassador in Madrid.

  Pepito : No.

  Madeline : Is there meant to be a clown at the party?

  Pepito : The only clown here is you.

• Pepito : [while Madeline hunts for her drawing pad in a dark gallery at the museum; he whispers menacingly]  Where are you going, little girl? I asked you a question!

  [sneers] 

  Pepito : What's the matter? Scared?

  Madeline : I wasn't scared of you, Pepito.

  Pepito : [bringing out Madeline's drawing pad]  Were you looking for this?

  Madeline : That's mine!

  Pepito : Hey, I know it's yours!

  Madeline : You stole it.

  Pepito : I was gonna give it back. You should say thank you, don't you think?

  Madeline : Give it to me!

  [snatches her pad away] 

• Helene the Cook : Tonight, I'm going to make a *wonderful* vegetarian dinner, okay?

  Madeline : *I* want chicken Helene.

• Nurse : Au revoir, Madeline!

  Madeline : Au revoir!

• Pepito : [he and Madeline are being held hostage by Leopold and his henchmen, a trio of clowns known as The Idiots]  What if we never get out of here, never go home?

  Madeline : Your family will pay the ransom.

  Pepito : So will yours.

  Madeline : They can't. I don't have a family.

  Pepito : What do you mean?

  Madeline : They're gone. They're in heaven.

  Pepito : I'm sorry.

  Madeline : It's all right. It happened a long time ago.

  Pepito : My parents probably don't even want me back. I'm a lot of trouble, you know?

  Madeline : You are a lot of trouble. But, you know, you have got charisma.

  Pepito : You think so?

  Madeline : I miss the girls and Miss Clavel.

  Pepito : Don't worry, Madeline. I won't leave without you. I promise.

  Madeline : Thank you, Pepito.