A Cinderella Story Quotes
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.
Austin: Sam! Okay, I know you think that I'm just some...
Sam: Coward? Phony?
Austin: Okay, just listen.
Sam: No, you listen. You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I came to tell you that I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I really don't care what people think about me... because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college... it's you that I feel sorry for.
David: Heads up! Yo, five minutes.
Austin: I'm coming!
Sam: I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing.
[walks away]
Austin: SAM!
[punches locker]
Sam: Coward? Phony?
Austin: Okay, just listen.
Sam: No, you listen. You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I came to tell you that I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I really don't care what people think about me... because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college... it's you that I feel sorry for.
David: Heads up! Yo, five minutes.
Austin: I'm coming!
Sam: I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing.
[walks away]
Austin: SAM!
[punches locker]
Fiona: All right. Well, I'm going off to get some more lipo. Come on, girls. Sam, we need you to clean the pool tonight.
Sam: [stand up to Fiona] No!
[Rhonda, the staff, and the customers all become impressed with Sam finally standing up for herself]
Fiona: [shocked] Excuse me?
Sam: You heard me. I quit. I quit this job, I quit your family, and I'm moving out!
[Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella laughs at Sam]
Fiona: Oh, and, um, where are you gonna live?
Rhonda: With me.
Fiona: You can't just walk out on me.
Sam: You know what, Fiona? You can mess with your hair and your nose and your face, and can even mess with my Dad's diner, but you're through messing with me!
Sam: [stand up to Fiona] No!
[Rhonda, the staff, and the customers all become impressed with Sam finally standing up for herself]
Fiona: [shocked] Excuse me?
Sam: You heard me. I quit. I quit this job, I quit your family, and I'm moving out!
[Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella laughs at Sam]
Fiona: Oh, and, um, where are you gonna live?
Rhonda: With me.
Fiona: You can't just walk out on me.
Sam: You know what, Fiona? You can mess with your hair and your nose and your face, and can even mess with my Dad's diner, but you're through messing with me!
Rhonda: Wait up, Sam.
Fiona: You take one more step and you're fired!
Rhonda: Oh, no. That won't be necessary because I quit too. And you know what? The only reason why I stayed around and put up with you for all those years is because of that girl. And now that she's free of you, there is nothing stopping me from kicking your butt.
Fiona: [freaks out] Oh, come on, no. Not my face. It's much newer than the girls. Go for the girls!
Sam: [talks Rhonda out of it] Rhonda? Rhonda! She's not even worth it.
Rhonda: [jumps her face at Fiona] Mmph!
Fiona: [screams] Aaaah!
Rhonda: You're right.
Eleanor: You know what? I quit too.
Bobby: Me too! Hey, Rhonda and Eleanor, hold up. I need a ride. See ya!
[the staff all finally walk out permanently with the customers following suit]
Man with plate of food: [to a disgraced Fiona] Send me a bill.
Fiona: You take one more step and you're fired!
Rhonda: Oh, no. That won't be necessary because I quit too. And you know what? The only reason why I stayed around and put up with you for all those years is because of that girl. And now that she's free of you, there is nothing stopping me from kicking your butt.
Fiona: [freaks out] Oh, come on, no. Not my face. It's much newer than the girls. Go for the girls!
Sam: [talks Rhonda out of it] Rhonda? Rhonda! She's not even worth it.
Rhonda: [jumps her face at Fiona] Mmph!
Fiona: [screams] Aaaah!
Rhonda: You're right.
Eleanor: You know what? I quit too.
Bobby: Me too! Hey, Rhonda and Eleanor, hold up. I need a ride. See ya!
[the staff all finally walk out permanently with the customers following suit]
Man with plate of food: [to a disgraced Fiona] Send me a bill.
Austin: [after Brianna and Gabriella both tell him that they're his mystery girl] Ladies, ladies, I can settle this, all right? The girl that I met at the dance, she dropped something on her way out. What was it?
Gabriella: Oh that's easy! A wallet!
Austin: No.
Gabriella: I mean a... wallet-purse.
Austin: [succinctly] No.
Brianna: Oh, a fish!
Gabriella: Oh that's easy! A wallet!
Austin: No.
Gabriella: I mean a... wallet-purse.
Austin: [succinctly] No.
Brianna: Oh, a fish!
[Austin sees Sam leaving; as he rushes towards her, he is confronted by his dad]
Austin's Dad: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, what are you doing?
Austin: I'm outta here.
Austin's Dad: What! You're throwing away your dream!
Austin: No, Dad. I'm throwing away yours.
Austin: [to Ryan] It's your game now, go get them.
Austin's Dad: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, what are you doing?
Austin: I'm outta here.
Austin's Dad: What! You're throwing away your dream!
Austin: No, Dad. I'm throwing away yours.
Austin: [to Ryan] It's your game now, go get them.
District Attorney: I'm the County District Attorney. Have you ever seen this before, Mrs. Montgomery?
[he shows Fiona Hal's will]
Fiona: I've NEVER seen that before!
District Attorney: Isn't this your signature on the witness line?
Fiona: I've NEVER seen my husband's hidden will before.
District Attorney: I'm afraid you're gonna have to come downtown with me, ma'am.
[he shows Fiona Hal's will]
Fiona: I've NEVER seen that before!
District Attorney: Isn't this your signature on the witness line?
Fiona: I've NEVER seen my husband's hidden will before.
District Attorney: I'm afraid you're gonna have to come downtown with me, ma'am.
[the LAPD is repossessing Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella's cars]
Fiona: [runs outside with the girls] Hey! Hey! I can pay for those parking tickets.
Sam: Actually, I'm selling your cars, Fiona, for college tuition money.
Gabriella: What?
Fiona: Now what gives you the idea you can sell our cars?
Rhonda: She owns them.
Sam: Exactly. I own them.
Fiona: [runs outside with the girls] Hey! Hey! I can pay for those parking tickets.
Sam: Actually, I'm selling your cars, Fiona, for college tuition money.
Gabriella: What?
Fiona: Now what gives you the idea you can sell our cars?
Rhonda: She owns them.
Sam: Exactly. I own them.
David: [Austin is sticking ads everywhere to find his Cinderella] Dude, why are you going through all this trouble for one chick?
Austin: Look, she's not just some chick, all right? She was real.
Ryan: Real. Like, she still had her old nose?
Austin: No, real. The kind of girl who has more on her mind than what she wears, or how much weight she wants to lose. She listens to me, you know?
David: Listens yo you? Hey, brother, I listen to you, okay? I feel your pa...
[gets distracted by a girl passing by, then talks to the girl]
David: ...Hello, kitty!
Austin: Yeah, you're a great listener.
David: Well...
Ryan: Look, man, you found her cellphone. You just gotta get some clue from that.
Austin: The phone's locked. All I keep getting's these text messages like, "I need you", and "Come see me now."
David: Oh dude, it's so hot.
Austin: See, that's what I thought. Until I got one that said, "Come fix fryer".
David: Oh, dude, that's hot AND kinky, baby! You know what I'm saying? Can I get one? Let me get a pound, baby.
Austin: [looks at David disapprovingly]
Austin: Look, she's not just some chick, all right? She was real.
Ryan: Real. Like, she still had her old nose?
Austin: No, real. The kind of girl who has more on her mind than what she wears, or how much weight she wants to lose. She listens to me, you know?
David: Listens yo you? Hey, brother, I listen to you, okay? I feel your pa...
[gets distracted by a girl passing by, then talks to the girl]
David: ...Hello, kitty!
Austin: Yeah, you're a great listener.
David: Well...
Ryan: Look, man, you found her cellphone. You just gotta get some clue from that.
Austin: The phone's locked. All I keep getting's these text messages like, "I need you", and "Come see me now."
David: Oh dude, it's so hot.
Austin: See, that's what I thought. Until I got one that said, "Come fix fryer".
David: Oh, dude, that's hot AND kinky, baby! You know what I'm saying? Can I get one? Let me get a pound, baby.
Austin: [looks at David disapprovingly]
Sam: [narrates] Well, that hidden will stated that the house, the diner, and everything belonged to me.
[the two stepsisters are looking for Sam's "real" acceptance letter to Princeton]
Sam: It turned out my stepsisters knew where Fiona had filed my real acceptance letter at Princeton.
Gabriella: I've got it!
Sam: My Dad's diner has been restored to its former glory. And my stepmom made a deal with the DA. She's working off her debt to society, at Hal's, under the watchful eye of my new partner. And my stepsisters? They finally put their teamwork to good use.
[the two stepsisters are looking for Sam's "real" acceptance letter to Princeton]
Sam: It turned out my stepsisters knew where Fiona had filed my real acceptance letter at Princeton.
Gabriella: I've got it!
Sam: My Dad's diner has been restored to its former glory. And my stepmom made a deal with the DA. She's working off her debt to society, at Hal's, under the watchful eye of my new partner. And my stepsisters? They finally put their teamwork to good use.
[Sam is scrubbing the floor with her skates on. She tries to get up, but Sam slips and falls; Rhonda appears]
Rhonda: Sam, what are you doing?
Sam: I'm trying to get these floors clean.
Rhonda: Come on, sweetie, get up. What I meant is "What are you doing with your life?"
Sam: I'm Diner Girl. I'm doing what diner girls do, Rhonda.
Rhonda: Baby, what's gotten into you? You don't even realize how blessed you are. Look, you've got a whole family behind you. We have faith in you, and you gotta have faith in yourself.
Rhonda: Sam, what are you doing?
Sam: I'm trying to get these floors clean.
Rhonda: Come on, sweetie, get up. What I meant is "What are you doing with your life?"
Sam: I'm Diner Girl. I'm doing what diner girls do, Rhonda.
Rhonda: Baby, what's gotten into you? You don't even realize how blessed you are. Look, you've got a whole family behind you. We have faith in you, and you gotta have faith in yourself.
[Sam, hurt and humiliated in front of the entire school after the evil skit conducted by Shelby, Brianna, and Gabriella, storms into her room in tears]
Fiona: [knocking on her door] Sam?
Sam: Go away!
Fiona: [enters the room] But Sam, you've got a letter from Princeton.
[Fiona gives Sam the "fake" letter which, as Sam reads, states that she has been rejected by Princeton University]
Fiona: What does it say?
Sam: I didn't get in.
Fiona: [gasps] Oh, no! Oh, and you studied so hard.
Sam: I can't believe that I actually had a chance.
Fiona: Oh, Sam, I'm heartbroken. Life can be so unfair. Well, just look at the bright side: You have a job at the diner for the rest of your life. You want a cookie?
[Sam sobs]
Fiona: [bites into a cookie; mumbles] Mmm, they're so moist.
Fiona: [knocking on her door] Sam?
Sam: Go away!
Fiona: [enters the room] But Sam, you've got a letter from Princeton.
[Fiona gives Sam the "fake" letter which, as Sam reads, states that she has been rejected by Princeton University]
Fiona: What does it say?
Sam: I didn't get in.
Fiona: [gasps] Oh, no! Oh, and you studied so hard.
Sam: I can't believe that I actually had a chance.
Fiona: Oh, Sam, I'm heartbroken. Life can be so unfair. Well, just look at the bright side: You have a job at the diner for the rest of your life. You want a cookie?
[Sam sobs]
Fiona: [bites into a cookie; mumbles] Mmm, they're so moist.
[''The stepsisters are pretending to cry and make Shelby and her friends think that Cinderella hurt them'']
Gabriella: And then, she told us that...
[sniffs]
Gabriella: ... she was going to try and steal Austin away from you if that was the last thing she did.
Brianna: Our stepsister has always been jealous of you!
[blows her nose loudly]
Shelby: [impatiently] Go on.
Gabriella: Well, that's when she came up with this whole "Cinderella plot". She got a hold of Austin's e-mail address, and that's when she started the whole affair
Brianna: We wanted to tell you sooner, but she threatened to kill us. She's such a monster!
Gabriella: And then, she told us that...
[sniffs]
Gabriella: ... she was going to try and steal Austin away from you if that was the last thing she did.
Brianna: Our stepsister has always been jealous of you!
[blows her nose loudly]
Shelby: [impatiently] Go on.
Gabriella: Well, that's when she came up with this whole "Cinderella plot". She got a hold of Austin's e-mail address, and that's when she started the whole affair
Brianna: We wanted to tell you sooner, but she threatened to kill us. She's such a monster!
