La La Land (2016), 9/10

MIA: People love what other people are passionate about.
SEBASTIAN: Not in my experience.

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SEBASTIAN: Maybe you liked me more when I was a failure because it made you feel better about yourself.

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MIA: Maybe I’m one of those people who’s always wanted to do it but never had a chance. It’s a pipe dream. Maybe it’s like you said. Maybe I need to grow up. I can go back to school. I can find something else that I’m supposed to do. I left school to give it a shot, and it didn’t work out, and it took six years, and I don’t want to do it anymore.
SEBASTIAN: Why?
MIA: Why what?
SEBASTIAN: Why don’t you want to do it anymore?
MIA: …Because it hurts a little bit too much.
Sebastian shakes his head. Nope. Won’t accept this.

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SEBASTIAN: When you get this – you’ve got to give it everything you’ve got. It’s your dream.
MIA: What are you going to do?
SEBASTIAN I’ve got to follow my own plan. Stay here. Get my own thing going. You know…