The Turning Point
1977
Yuri: Care to have supper? Emilia: I'm busy. Yuri: After supper? Emilia: Bed. Yuri: Ok!... Emilia, it's joke!
Sevilla: You know, only this morning she came up to me and she said, "Sevilla, deary, you're the greatest prima ballerina in the whole world". Yuri: No, I am.
Emma: It didn't work out. Emilia: Oh, so what? He liked boys better than girls? Emma: Oh, not exactly. He knew my priority was dancing. Emilia: Are you... sorry? Emma: No. I don't believe in being sorry. We are what we are.
Emma: Am I like you? Emilia: I don't know...
(looking back at old pictures of themselves) Deedee: Oh God, I looked like shit. Emma: Next to Wayne, we all did...
(Yuri is rubbing a young ballerina's sore leg) Young ballerina: I have weak knees... Yuri: I like girls with weak knees. Young ballerina: You just like girls...
Deedee: Oh, Emma... if only she knew what we know now... Emma: It wouldn't matter worth a damn...
Deedee: I know you're angry... Emilia: I'm not angry. Deedee: You damn well are. You're just covering it up with ice. That little russian behaved like a bastard, so you're taking it out on me.
Emma Jacklin: Oh, God... dancers have such ugly feet.
Rosie: Oh, I had the hots for you back in those days. Only I never came up to you because you were always at the barre. And I didn't look so good in tights. And now the toe shoe is on the other foot. Deedee Rodgers: Oh, really? Rosie: Yeah. Now we BOTH don't look so good in tights. Deedee Rodgers: Speak for yourself.